 MY FRIENDS : 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...  The Literary World - Page 1491877Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wilson - 1877 - 814 pages
...farewell, Mr. Lincoln spoke in words and tones of tender emotion. " No one not in my position," he said, " can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon me which... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...Springfield, 111., Feb. 11, 1861, he made the following farewell address to his friends : "My friends, no one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness I feel at parting. To this people I owe all I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...TO THE CITIZENS OF SPRINGFIELD, ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR. WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY I ITH, l86l. My Friends: No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...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... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1882 - 430 pages
...for a parting hand-shake. From the platform of the cars he addressed the company : " My friends, — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...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... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1883 - 612 pages
...the sadness that I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived for more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is greater, perhaps, than... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 586 pages
...Springfield again, alive — he addressed them in this feeling and pathetic manner : " My FRIENDS — No one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...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... | |
 | Charles Maltby - 1884 - 340 pages
...by a large assembly of his friends and neighbors, he bade them farewell, as follows : "My friends, no one, not in my position, can appreciate the sadness...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... | |
 | Orson Blair Curtis - 1891 - 502 pages
...assembled at the depot to bid him good-bye, from the platform of his car he spoke as follows: My Friends: No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived over a quarter of a century. Here my children were born and here one of them lies buried. I know not... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 pages
...concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words I—- MY FRIENDS : — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness...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 01. is of them lies buried.... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...life.332 On leaving his home in Springfield for Washington in 18G1, he said : My friends, — No one . . . can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting....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. ...... | |
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