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" No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe ' all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon... "
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut: From the First Indian Deed in 1659 ... - Page 1106
by William Cothren - 1872
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Wonders of Providence: Remarkable and Authentic Providential Stories

J. Martin Rohde - Homiletical illustrations - 1911 - 364 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century;...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I...
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Day Unto Day

Louis Howland - Devotional literature - 1911 - 312 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century....any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for aid of [237] divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied....
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Retrospections of an Active Life: 1863-1865

John Bigelow - France - 1909 - 658 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century....children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me which is greater perhaps than that which has devolved upon any other man since...
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Occasional Addresses

Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1914 - 224 pages
...have received nothing but kindness at your hands. Here, the most cherished ties of earth were assumed. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. To you, my Friends, I owe all that I have, all that I am. Today I leave you. I go to assume a task...
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The Poets' Lincoln: Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President

Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - Celebrities - 1915 - 326 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century....shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is greater, perhaps, than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He...
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The Heart of Lincoln: The Soul of the Man as Revealed in Story and Anecdote

Wayne Whipple - Presidents - 1915 - 110 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To these people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century;...them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you here again. A duty de59 volves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon...
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The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries: Extra number, Issues 53-56

History - 1916 - 358 pages
...the car platform, in Springfield, Illinois, January 11, 1861, in his short farewell address, he said: "A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater...other man since the days of Washington. "He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I...
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The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers

1917 - 364 pages
...the car platform, in Springfield, Illinois, January 11, 1861, in his short farewell address, he said: "A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater...other man since the days of Washington. "He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I...
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Lincoln and the Convention of 1860: An Address Before the Chicago Historical ...

Addison Gilbert Procter - Republican National Convention - 1918 - 46 pages
...can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To you I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century, here my children...born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not when I shall meet you again. A duty devolves on me such as has devolved on no man of this nation since...
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The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 18

John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - Civilization - 1919 - 424 pages
...those who bade him farewell in his native city, he declared, "I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since...of Washington. He never would have succeeded except by the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without...
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