 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...  KINGS OF THE PLATFORM AND PULPIT - Page 430by MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893Full 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...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN." No more beautiful expression of sympathy can be found in literature. Compare it with... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 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...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among... | |
 | 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...Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO DEACON JOHN PHILLIPS — 104 YEARS OLD. EXECUTIVE MANSION,... | |
 | 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...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM Lixoour. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among... | |
 | 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...Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. LINCOLN. To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. LETTER TO DEACON JOHN PHILLIPS — 104 TEARS OLD. EXECUTIVE MANSION,... | |
 | 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...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LIXCOLS. To Mrs. BIXBY, Boston, Massachusetts. This letter, addressed to one conspicuous among... | |
 | 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...of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, ABRAHAM LJNCOLN. To Mrs. BIXBT, Boston, Massachusetts. ^ This letter, addressed to one conspicuous... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid BO costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. " Yours very sincerely and respectfully, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." The Thirty- eighth Congress commenced its second session on the 5th of December,... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss BO overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks...freedom. — Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, "ABRAHAM LINCOLI}." We left Hood busily engaged in the orthodox task of destroying Sherman's communications... | |
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