 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...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 203by Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1888 - 990 pages
...so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already felt the tragic shadow of forecasting fate: " My friends : no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...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,... | |
 | 1916 - 1130 pages
...nobler than ourselves with whom we can work in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield address : My friends, no one not in my situation can appreciate...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,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 pages
...address. It was the last time his voice was to be heard in the city which had so long been his home : "My Friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here 1 have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here ray children... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 540 pages
...so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already felt the tragic shadow of forecasting fate : My friends : no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...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,... | |
 | William Goodell Frost - 1891 - 50 pages
...neighbors on leaving Springfield, as they stood with their heads bared to the falling snow-flakes. . "My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and to the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...standing upon the platform of the car with his hand uplifted. These his parting words : *i86i°' dential "My friends • No one not in my situation can appreciate...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 horn,... | |
 | 1894 - 612 pages
...townsmen. Jn bidding them farewell he had saiil : LINCOLN DECLINES TO RUN AWAY HIS ENGAGEMENTS. FROM " My friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, Gentlemen, I appreciate these sugges- ™d have passed from a young to an old... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1893 - 130 pages
...duty as we understand it. Farewell Address at the Railroad Station, Springfield, February u, 1861. \Y FRIENDS: No one not in my situation can appreciate...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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 1080 pages
...Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. February 11, 1861. — FAREWELL ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. My Friends : No one, not in my situation, can appreciate...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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 448 pages
...arrangements. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. FAREWELL ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, February u, 1861 * MY FRIENDS: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate...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,... | |
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