 I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died...  Lincoln and Herndon - Page 346by Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1900 - 484 pages
...assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and the lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN." No more beautiful expression of sympathy... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...not refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the E^epublic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO... | |
 | George Washington Colman - 1865 - 20 pages
...refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they have died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may...so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." 13 " O slow to smite, and swift to spare ! Gentle and merciful and just 1 Who in the fear of God clidst... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...that may be found in the thanks «f the Republic they died to save. I pray that our HeavenlyFather may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lixoour. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. This... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage tlic anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage tlie anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the...be yours* to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon tho altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave yon only the cherished memory of the lovei and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LIXCOLS. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that mast be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LJNCOLN. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. ^ This... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But 3 cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks...laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. " Yours very sincerely and respectfully, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. " To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts."... | |
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