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
| Wayland Farries Vaughan - 1928 - 340 páginas
...confident of success, for "the will of God prevails." During his farewell speech at Springfield, he said : "I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may...task before me greater than that which rested upon Wash<ae ington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being j— who ever attended him, I cannot succeed.... | |
| Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1924 - 652 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 children have been born and one yis buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater... | |
| Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 526 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...assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can ;o with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will... | |
| Michael Rogin - 1988 - 417 páginas
...inauguration, he acknowledged, not merely as inheritor and maintainer of the edifice of the fathers but "with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington." That task, he explained at Independence Hall, was to preserve the fathers' Union while also reaffirming... | |
| Gabor S. Boritt, Norman O. Forness - 1996 - 486 páginas
...of presidential purpose. As he left Springfield, he bid his friends farewell with ominous finality: "I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may...cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail." He expanded upon this thought two days later by saying "Without a name, perhaps without a reason why... | |
| Garry Wills - 1992 - 324 páginas
...psychobiographers make a great deal out of this sentence, spoken in farewell to the citizens of Springfield: "I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I...me greater than that which rested upon Washington" (SW 2.199). The rivalry presupposed in comparing his task to the founding father's allows Lincoln to... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 páginas
...1784 we ought not to s. unless we do have the people with us, 1332 without it, nothing can s., 1557 Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot s., 1497 Succeeded difficult task and we s., 1884 Success, 1777-1786 begins with a fellow's will, 1436... | |
| William Hanchett - 1994 - 172 páginas
...and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century. . . . Here my children have been born, and one is buried....me greater than that which rested upon Washington. . . . Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be everywhere for good, let us confidently... | |
| Merrill D. Peterson - 1995 - 493 páginas
...have passed from a young to an old man. ... I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I shall return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington." The town fathers, with the Governor's support, had made plans to bury Lincoln, initially in a temporary... | |
| David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 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...cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. ... let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your... | |
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