 | 1919 - 596 pages
...voice husky from intense feeling he said : " To-day I leave yon. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. Unless the great God, -who assisted him, shall be with and aid me, I must fail; but if the same 07imiscient... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Manuscripts - 1920 - 414 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 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. All the strange checkered past seems to... | |
 | Ohio - 1924 - 770 pages
...can better understand his pathetic farewell to his neighbors, when he said that a duty was upon him, "greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington." This dangerous duty was laid upon him early, for during the critical period between his election and... | |
 | Josiah Grout - 1925 - 154 pages
...one, not in my position, can realize 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....buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since Washington.... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 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. I do not know how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black, Herbert Francis Wright - Constitutional law - 1927 - 844 pages
...good-bye speech to his neighbors at Springfield in 1861, he said: I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. Unless the Great God, who inspired him, shall be with and inspire me, I must fail; but if the same... | |
 | Emanuel Hertz - 1927 - 774 pages
...they a presentiment that they might never see each other again? "Friends," said he in solemn farewell, "I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty has devolved upon me greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since Washington. He never... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 632 pages
...position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. llere I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here...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... | |
 | Machinery - 1916 - 1274 pages
...deeply felt his position. When bidding his friends farewell to assume the office of President he said, "I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty has devolved upon me greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since Washington." At... | |
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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... 
