...engulfed in - civil war. "My friends," he said, "no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these 1' pe6ple, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young...

...went to Washington in 1861 Abraham Lincoln in a farewell address said: "This city I chose for my home. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything." I ask you to please give your assistance to make it more perpetual to this project and I recommend...

...engulf eel i civil war. "My friends," he said, "no one, not in my situation, can appreciate m feelings of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of thes feonle. I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and h passed from a young...

...Addressing his home people at the Great Western railway station, Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place and the kindness of these people, I owe everything." I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words because she loves this place and she loves the people of...

...Lincoln and used them depending on the occasion. Like the opening lines from his Farewell Address: "No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting." That's howl feel, too, she thought, waving a reluctant goodbye to Honest Abe. She descended the staircase...

...citizen became a eesident. Lincoln lived in Springfield until I86I when he departed for the White House. "To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything," Lincoln said about Springfield. The city remains a monument to the prairie lawyer. Lincoln sites, bronze...

...Lincoln began his extemporaneous remarks, "no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the...everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century. . . . Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether...

...Emotions ran high in Springfield. Everyone remembered Lincoln's affectionate farewell in February 1861: "Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. ... I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I shall return, with a task before me greater than...

...emotion and he could scarcely command his feelings sufficiently to commence." My friends [he began] — No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling...this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man....

...Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 4, p. 480. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). 'FAREWELL TO HOME TOWN My friends — No one, not in my situation, can appreciate...everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and I have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now...