 | Jeremiah Chaplin, Jane Dunbar Chaplin - 1874 - 550 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 not... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1874 - 524 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 not... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 1956 pages
...lived more than a quarter of a centnry; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. A duty devolves upon, me which is, perhaps, greater than that which ' has devolved npon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded, except for the aid... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...J 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,...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.... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1885 - 604 pages
...first deliverer. When leaving his home to save that Nation's threatened life, he said to his friends: "A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any man since the days of Washington." "He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1881 - 550 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. A week before the assassination,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 830 pages
...station, evidently impressed with the solemn responsibility laid on him, he said: "A duty devolves on me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence,... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie - 1882 - 590 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. CHAPTER X. THE LOSSES... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 600 pages
...century, here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I will see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has rested upon any other man since the day of Washington. He would never have succeeded except for the... | |
 | Ernest Foster - 1885 - 144 pages
...buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is greater perhaps than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He would never have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied.... | |
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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... 
