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" no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To the 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 kno,w not how soon I shall... "
The United States During the War - Page 254
by Auguste Laugel - 1866 - 313 pages
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...concourse of his friends and neighbors, whom he bade farewell in the following words : Mr FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people 1 owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born,...
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The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year

1864 - 794 pages
...29 For Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, IS On the morning of the llth of February fol" My friends : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this partin*. T» this people I owe all that I am. Here 1 hat* lived more than a quarter of a century. Hen...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 234 pages
...cars started ho thus addressed a few farewell words to his neighbors and friends: — "My FBIENDS, — No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe ull that I am. Ilcre I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born, and...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...and friend*, and with the deepest feeling delivered to them his parting words. "My friends," said he, "no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people J owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century. Here my children were born,...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: And the Attempted Assassination of ...

United States. Dept. of State - 1866 - 766 pages
...only by the help of the same power. "My friends," he said, when leaving his home in Illinois, in 1861, "no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To the people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children...
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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 4

United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 772 pages
...only by the help of the same power. "My friends," he said, when leaving his home in Illinois, in 1861, "no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To the people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children...
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Papers relating to foreign affairs [afterw.] Foreign relations of ..., Part 4

United States dept. of state - 1866 - 760 pages
...only by the help of the same power. "My friends," he said, when leaving his home in Illinois, in 1861, "no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To the people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children...
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A Sketch of Chili: Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants, from the ...

Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna - Chile - 1866 - 202 pages
...addressed the inhabitants of Springfield for the last time, on the llth of February, 1861—" my friends, no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this Earting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I ave lived more than a quarter of a century ; here...
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The Freedman's Third Reader

American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - Freed persons - 1866 - 278 pages
...shaking hands with his more intimate friends, he addressed the crowd as follows : — 2. " My friends, no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this*pal"ting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century...
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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 4

United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 764 pages
...his election, alone and without an escort, to be inaugurated as President. " My friends," said he, "no one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel nt this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century....
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