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 - Página 208por Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 379 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Avard Tennyson Fairbanks - 2002 - 184 páginas
...departure, he mounted the platform of the railroad car and made a few remarks. Among these he said: "I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may...assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with rne, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will vet be... | |
| Don Davenport - 2002 - 244 páginas
...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 MY...RESTED UPON WASHINGTON. WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DIVINE BEING, WHO EVER ATTENDED HIM, I CANNOT SUCCEED. WlTH THAT ASSISTANCE I CANNOT FAIL. TRUSTING... | |
| James R. Arnold, Roberta Wiener - 2002 - 80 páginas
...place and the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here I have lived for a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my...task before me greater than that which rested upon [George] Washington." Lincoln placed his faith in God. "With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting... | |
| Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 páginas
...these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from я young to an old man. Here my children have been born,...which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance ofthat Divine Being, who ever attended him, 1 cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting... | |
| G. S. Boritt - 2001 - 356 páginas
...Springfield, called attention to the enormous difficulty and uncertainty in which he found himself. "I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I...task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington."1 Granted that we still know how it all comes out — that Lincoln will succeed in his... | |
| Robert B. Semple - 2003 - 684 páginas
...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 my...leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return . . ." Four years after a second American Revolution called the Civil War, he returned to Springfield.... | |
| Allen C. Guelzo - 1999 - 532 páginas
...and with tremendous feeling. "To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. ... I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may...me greater than that which rested upon Washington." He had told Herndon that "the sorrow of parting from his old associations was deeper than most persons... | |
| Jeremy Roberts - 2004 - 120 páginas
...parting," Lincoln told them. "To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. ... I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I...me greater than that which rested upon Washington." The task before Lincoln was to lead a country that was already tearing itself in two. Since the end... | |
| George McGovern - 2004 - 192 páginas
...president, Lincoln said on the eve of the Civil War: "I now leave with a task before me greater than the one which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance...cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail." Lincoln's tendency to probe the depths of the spiritual as a means of lifting the hearts of his fellow... | |
| Larry D. Mansch - 2005 - 246 páginas
...place, and the kindness of these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my...rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of the Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting... | |
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