 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 606 pages
...said to his townsmen : "A duty devolves on me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved on any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded but for the aid of divine Providence, on which he at all times relied, and I feel that I cannot succeed... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 652 pages
...said to his townsmen: "A duty devolves on me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved on any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded but for the aid of divine Providence, on which he at all times relied, and I feel that I cannot succeed... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 558 pages
...soon I shall see you again " ; and then, with prophetic voice, announced that a duty devolved upon him "greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington," and asked his friends to pray that he might receive that Divine assistance, without which he could... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie - 1870 - 286 pages
...was leaving them, " I know not how soon I shall see you again. I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington." He had nobly accomplished his task ; and this was the manner of his home-coming. X. THE LOSSES AND THE... | |
 | William Cothren - 1872 - 821 pages
...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 perhaps greater...upon which he, at all times, relied. I feel that I can not succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him. In the same Almighty B-eing I place... | |
 | William Cothren - 1872 - 878 pages
...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 perhaps greater...devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. lie never would have succeeded, except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he, at aft times,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1872 - 490 pages
...ONE OF THEM LIES BURIED. I KNOW NOT HOW SOON I SHALL SEE YOU AGAIN. A DUTY DEVOLVES UPON ME, \VHICII IS, PERHAPS, GREATER THAN THAT WHICH HAS DEVOLVED UPON ANY OTHER MAN SINCE THE DAYS OF WASHINGTON. No MAN COULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, EXCEPT BY THE AID OF DlVINE PROVIDENCE, UPON WHICH HE AT ALL TIMES RELIED.... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1872 - 690 pages
...said to his townsmen: "A duty devolves on me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved on any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded but for the aid of divine Providence, on which he at all times relied, and I feel that I cannot succeed... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...; 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, perhaps,...of Washington. He never would have succeeded except by the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I can not succeed without... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 562 pages
...I shall see you again " ; and then, with prophetic voice, announced that a duty devolved upon him " greater than that -which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington," and asked his friends to pray that he might receive that Divine assistance, without which he could... | |
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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 how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man... 
