 My Friends, No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 217by Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...to the version of his speech which his private secretary got him to dictate immediately after) : " My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived for a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already felt the tragic shadow of forecasting fate: " My friends : no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before... | |
 | 1916 - 1130 pages
...nobler than ourselves with whom we can work in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield address : My friends, no one not in my situation can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever 1 may return, with a task before... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...address. It was the last time his voice was to be heard in the city which had so long been his home : "My Friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here 1 have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here ray children... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 540 pages
...so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already felt the tragic shadow of forecasting fate : My friends : no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before... | |
 | William Goodell Frost - 1891 - 50 pages
...neighbors on leaving Springfield, as they stood with their heads bared to the falling snow-flakes. . "My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and to the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...duty as we understand it. Farewell Address at the Railroad Station, Springfield, February u, 1861. \Y FRIENDS: No one not in my situation can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before... | |
 | American literature - 1894 - 612 pages
...townsmen. Jn bidding them farewell he had saiil : LINCOLN DECLINES TO RUN AWAY HIS ENGAGEMENTS. FROM " My friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, Gentlemen, I appreciate these sugges- ™d have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...our duty as we understand it. Lincoln's Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois. February n, 1861 My Friends, No one not in my situation can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before... | |
 | 1894 - 444 pages
...the speech which Mr. Lincoln made to his friends in Springfield, which cannot be read too often. " 'My friends : No one not in my situation can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before... | |
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