...to the version of his speech which his private secretary got him to dictate immediately after) : " My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...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 children have been...

...thus, his neighbors heard his voice for the last time, in the city of his home, in a farewell address t so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already...to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater...

...nobler than ourselves with whom we can work in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield address : My friends, no one not in my situation can appreciate...to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever 1 may return, with a task before me greater...

...address. It was the last time his voice was to be heard in the city which had so long been his home : "My Friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here 1 have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here ray children...

...thus, his neighbors heard his voice for the last time, in the city of his home, in a farewell address1 so chaste and pathetic, that it reads as if he already...to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater...

...neighbors on leaving Springfield, as they stood with their heads bared to the falling snow-flakes. . "My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate...feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and to the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have...

...duty as we understand it. Farewell Address at the Railroad Station, Springfield, February u, 1861. \Y FRIENDS: No one not in my situation can appreciate...to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater...

...standing upon the platform of the car with his hand uplifted. These his parting words : *i86i°' dential "My friends • No one not in my situation can appreciate...a young to an old man. Here my children have been horn, and one of them is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a...

...townsmen. Jn bidding them farewell he had saiil : LINCOLN DECLINES TO RUN AWAY HIS ENGAGEMENTS. FROM " My friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate...everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, Gentlemen, I appreciate these sugges- ™d have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children...

...the speech which Mr. Lincoln made to his friends in Springfield, which cannot be read too often. " 'My friends : No one not in my situation can appreciate...to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater...