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" Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from 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 me greater than that which rested... "
American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001 - Page 11
edited by - 2003 - 477 pages
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Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises

Nebraska. Department of Public Instruction - Holidays - 1913 - 216 pages
...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 my children have been born,...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I can not succeed. With that assistance, I can not fail....
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The Art of Writing English: A Book for College Classes

Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - English language - 1913 - 396 pages
...a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been bom, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail....
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The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries: Extra number, Issues 23-25

History - 1913 - 292 pages
...few last words are spoken ere the train departs: "I now leave, not knowing when or whether I may ever return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail....
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More Than Conquerors

Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...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 my children have been born...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail....
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More Than Conquerors

Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...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 my children have been born...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail....
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Abraham Lincoln

Rose Strunsky - Presidents - 1914 - 392 pages
...kindness of this people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born...me greater than that which rested upon Washington." The comparison with Washington was considered a little presumptuous. In Indianapolis he told them plainly...
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The Approaching Fury

Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 522 pages
...kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I've lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born,...leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return. I now leave with a task before me greater than the one that faced Washington. Trusting in Him, who...
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A Reporter's Lincoln

Walter Barlow Stevens - History - 1998 - 332 pages
...quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children were born and one lies buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever...with a task before me greater than that which rested on the shoulders of Washington. Without the aid of that Divine Being who ever aided him, who controls...
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Lincoln on Lincoln

Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...of these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born,...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail....
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Abraham Lincoln for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities

Janis Herbert - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 162 pages
...gathered to say farewell. "To this place and the kindness of these people I owe everything," he said. "I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I...me greater than that which rested upon Washington." He asked for their help and their prayers, and then his train pulled away. Assistants Nicolay and Hay...
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