 | 1866 - 870 pages
...Springfield for the White House (llth February, 1861), Mr. Lincoln had said that a duty devolved on him " perhaps greater than "that which has devolved upon any " other man since the days of Washing" ton." Prescient as those words were, they fell short of the truth. His duty was in effect... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 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 centnry; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me which... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 110 pages
...crowd of his friends and neighbors, whom he was never more to meet, he spoke a 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... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 88 pages
...the crowd of his friends and neighbors, whom he was never more to meet, he spoke a 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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1867 - 894 pages
...can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here have I lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children...upon me, which is, perhaps, greater than that which hai devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except... | |
 | Zachariah Atwell Mudge - Christian life - 1867 - 338 pages
...not in my position canappreciate 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... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1867 - 964 pages
...not in my position can appreciate the sadness 1 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... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...succeeding chapter. feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here have I lived for more than a quarter of a century. Here my children...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... | |
 | Ambrose Yoemans Moore - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 406 pages
...one 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 knoiv not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me, which is, .perhaps, greater than... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 628 pages
...from Springfield. ^ ^ ^ j ^ jj^ jj^ j^ ^^ than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any man since the days of Washington. He never could... | |
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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... 
