 FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies huried. I know not...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 83by Ernest Foster - 1885 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me, which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...whom he addressed as follows : " Mr FRIENDS — No one not in my position can appreciate the Badness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have livei more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried.... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 830 pages
...the depot, and after he had shaken hands with a number of friends, he spoke as follows : MY FBIENDS: No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...here my children were born, and here one of them lies iJuried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...he then stepped on tie platform and spoke as follows: " My friends : No one not in my portion сал appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here 1 ha« lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...of farewell to the thousands of his fellow-citizens who haa assembled at the place of departure : " My friends : No one not in my position can appreciate...feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I nm. Here 1 have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...by a large concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : Mr FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate...the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people 1 owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born,... | |
 | 1864 - 794 pages
...of Tennessee 29 For Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, IS On the morning of the llth of February fol" My friends : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this partin*. T» this people I owe all that I am. Here 1 hat* lived more than a quarter of a century. Hen... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...large -concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : — Mr FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...here my children were born, and here one of them lies huried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...When he left Springfield in 1861 to assume the Presidency, his farewell words were as follows : " ' MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate...Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; tere my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...railroad depot by a large concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : — MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position...that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a centnry ; here ray children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall... | |
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