 | Daniel Webster Whittle - 1885 - 394 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 greater...upon any other man since the days of Washington. He would never have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which ho at all times relied.... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 pages
...themselves. In his brief farewell words to the people of Springfield, February 11, 1861, Mr. Lincoln said: "A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater...that which has devolved upon any other man since. • 620 LIFE AND TIMES OF the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1889 - 34 pages
...In bidding farewell to his neighbors at Springfield, 111., before entering upon his duties, he said: "A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater...Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I can not succeed without that aid? and I pray that I may receive that divine assistance." 20 Comrades... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1889 - 510 pages
...buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves on me, which is greater, perhaps, than that which has devolved upon any other man since...Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I can not succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 pages
...greater than that which has devolved - |ion nny other man since the days of WASHINGTON. lie never wo-.'d have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I fe«-' that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, a.id on the same Almighty... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...more than a quarter of a century ; 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 upon a other man since the days of Washington. ... I feel that I cannol succeed without the same Divine... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie - 1892 - 586 pages
...depot, where he spoke a few parting words to them. " I know not," he said, " how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me, which is, perhaps,...has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washingtoa He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at... | |
 | Robert M. King - 1894 - 348 pages
...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere." — The Great Debate; Alton, Oct. 15, 1858. XII " A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
 | 1895 - 592 pages
...Washington. In that simple address he said, amone other things: "I go to assume a task more difficult than that which has devolved upon any other man since...except for the aid of divine Providence, upon which he nt all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same divine blessing which sustained... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 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,...any other man since the days of Washington. He never could have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I... | |
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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... 
