 Dear Madam: — I have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement of the Adjutant-general of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons, who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 319by Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Watterson - Southern States - 1903 - 510 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in... | |
 | Sherman Williams - United States - 1904 - 208 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming, but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation which... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - American letters - 1905 - 176 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to...thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that the Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory... | |
 | Thomas Dixon (Jr.) - Reconstruction - 1905 - 414 pages
...she read its sentences until they echoed as solemn music in her soul : "I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to...overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that... | |
 | Thomas Dixon (Jr.) - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1905 - 424 pages
...she read its sentences until they echoed as solemn music in her soul: "I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to...overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 454 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in... | |
 | Education - 1906 - 864 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. 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 over-whelming. Rut I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic... | |
 | History - 1906 - 786 pages
...weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should 8 ttempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming, but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation which may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 354 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming — but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation... | |
 | Memorial Day - 1906 - 434 pages
...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which .should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found... | |
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