I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings.
About Thomas Starr King
Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 – March 4, 1864), often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic.
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Do not weep for me.
American minister (1824-1864)
I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings.
American minister (1824-1864)
What a year to live in! Worth all other times ever known in our history or any other.
American minister (1824-1864)
Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I’m mad, I weigh a ton.
American minister (1824-1864)
It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully, peacefully.
American minister (1824-1864)
The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.
American minister (1824-1864)
I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder.
American minister (1824-1864)
What a privilege it is to be an American!
American minister (1824-1864)