 I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man...  The United States of America: A History - Page 201by Robert Mackenzie - 1870 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...born, and here one of them lies buried. I know cot how soon I shall see you again. A duty derolyes upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which...times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the name Divine aid which sus Uined him. In the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support, and... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see yon again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved npon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except fur the aid of... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which...since the days of Washington. He never would have sncceeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 850 pages
...quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
 | Frank Moore - American literature - 1862 - 808 pages
...century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see yon again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps,...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall s« you again. A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which lias devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - African Americans - 1864 - 546 pages
...quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which...upon which he, at all times, relied. I feel that I can not succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him. In the same Almighty Being I place... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which...has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASIIINGTON. Ho never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...only a sacred, but also a momentous trust to which he is called. He realizes the solemn reality. " A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than...upon any other man since the days of Washington," he said. Surely thai is responsibility enough ! And yet he should not have excepted Washington ; for even... | |
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