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
| Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 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...me greater than that which rested upon Washington. ... I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." Many eyes, including... | |
| Sarah Vowell - 2005 - 273 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...me greater than that which rested upon Washington. That phrase "whether ever, I may return" is pretty poignant considering he would return, but in a long... | |
| Don Hawkinson - 2005 - 470 páginas
...contrition, for the pardon of their past offenses, and for a blessing upon the prospective action."2 Lincoln "I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may...return, with a task before me greater than that which was upon Washington. Without the assistance ofthat Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed.... | |
| John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 páginas
...age, from seeing children born to seeing one buried. What comes next will be another life, or death: "I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return." How then can that future be described? Lincoln faces his friends on the platform as though he has nothing... | |
| Wayne A. Drayer - 2006 - 194 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...not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return..." **/ »he train started out for Washington, DC, where the president-elect would assume his official... | |
| William D. Pederson, Thomas T. Samaras, Frank J. Williams - 2007 - 216 páginas
...on March 4. With a heavy heart, he bade his fellow townsmen goodbye, and invoked Washington's memory "with a task before me greater than that which rested...cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail." Lincoln made more speeches, some quite short, than he had ever made before as he traveled across the... | |
| Gary Scott Smith - 2006 - 680 páginas
...a symbol of God's benediction.361 CHAPTER THREE Abraham Lincoln: Saving the Last Best Hope of Earth I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I...Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail Farewell Address at Springfield,... | |
| James F. Simon - 2006 - 337 páginas
...Western Railroad depot. Before entering his private railway car, he sadly told them that he was leaving "not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return,...me greater than that which rested upon Washington." For the next twelve days, Lincoln and his entourage—which included his private secretary John Nicolay,... | |
| Ellen Blue Phillips - 2007 - 134 páginas
...place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and passed from a young to an old man. Here my children...ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than ever rested on Washington." He then blessed them and left. President and Mrs. Lincoln lived in the... | |
| Stephen William Berry - 2007 - 318 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...not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return." Lincoln felt markedly better after the train departed. He was off on a new adventure, focused again... | |
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