 | Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...their wetness, hat in hand, he uttered that greatly tender and almost prophetic farewell. " My friends, to this place and the kindness of these people, I...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." There was a long whistle, a puffing cloud of black smoke, and the train slid away, taking with it Springfield's... | |
 | Ariadne Gilbert - Biography - 1914 - 452 pages
...their wetness, hat in hand, he uttered that greatly tender and almost prophetic farewell. " My friends, to this place and the kindness of these people, I...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." There was a long whistle, a puffing cloud of black smoke, and the train slid away, taking with it Springfield's... | |
 | United States - 1914 - 428 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...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." And now the curtains of the White House are drawn low. Little Willie lies near the river. The father's... | |
 | Lillian Watson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 356 pages
...and worn. But his voice was warm with affection, his words were eloquent with sincerity and faith. My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell. Lincoln's farewell address at Springfield, Illinois, on February n, 1 86 1, was brief— less than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I 375 hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell. The next two weeks, lacking one day, Lincoln would spend en route to Washington, giving many thousands... | |
 | William Hanchett - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 172 pages
...whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. . . . Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." The conductor pulled the cord and slowly the train chugged away from the station, the people waving... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. ... let us confidently hope that all will yet be well....will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell. For the next twelve days the presidential train slowly moved across the country, in a journey of 1,904... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and I have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children...will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell. "Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois," February 11, 1861, reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...knowing when or whether ever I may return. . . ." Rain dripped from the eaves of the railway station. "Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with...prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell."49 Wearily Lincoln turned from the wet faces of his neighbors and passed into the car. The... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - History - 1998 - 332 pages
...can go with me and remain with you and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will be well. To his care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you, friends and neighbors, an affectionate farewell.2 Enos Clarke Lincoln and the Radical Union Men of... | |
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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... 
