Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis V. Bogy, (a Senator from Missouri,): Delivered in the Senate, January 16, 1878, and in the House of Representatives, January 23, 1878U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - 97 pages |
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... career . By diligent and close attention to business , and earnest applica- tion to study , he soon won distinction and eminence in his profes- sion and secured a lucrative practice . In 1840 he was elected a member of the General ...
... career . By diligent and close attention to business , and earnest applica- tion to study , he soon won distinction and eminence in his profes- sion and secured a lucrative practice . In 1840 he was elected a member of the General ...
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... career as a Senator in this body is familiar to most of the present Senators . Colonel Bogy during his long career occupied a very conspicuous position among the public men of his State , and in addition to the political offices named ...
... career as a Senator in this body is familiar to most of the present Senators . Colonel Bogy during his long career occupied a very conspicuous position among the public men of his State , and in addition to the political offices named ...
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... , and was laborious , diligent , and faithful in the discharge of every trust confided to him and of every obligation imposed upon him . When his eventful career drew to its inevitable close and 12 ADDRESS OF MR . COCKRELL ON THE.
... , and was laborious , diligent , and faithful in the discharge of every trust confided to him and of every obligation imposed upon him . When his eventful career drew to its inevitable close and 12 ADDRESS OF MR . COCKRELL ON THE.
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... career drew to its inevitable close and the labors of his life on earth were ended by the separation of soul and body in temporal death , the people of his native State and of the whole country justly felt and uttered the sentiment ...
... career drew to its inevitable close and the labors of his life on earth were ended by the separation of soul and body in temporal death , the people of his native State and of the whole country justly felt and uttered the sentiment ...
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... career in the profession , was distinguished by a high order of ability and the deportment of a true gentleman . It has been truth- fully said of him that he was a " born gentleman ; " that he possessed the virtues of a Christian all ...
... career in the profession , was distinguished by a high order of ability and the deportment of a true gentleman . It has been truth- fully said of him that he was a " born gentleman ; " that he possessed the virtues of a Christian all ...
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Page 19 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 13 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 85 - Our lives are rivers, gliding free To that unfathomed, boundless sea, The silent grave ! Thither all earthly pomp and boast Roll, to be swallowed up and lost In one dark wave. Thither the mighty torrents stray, Thither the brook pursues its way, And tinkling rill. There all are equal. Side by side The poor man and the son of pride Lie calm and still.
Page 45 - Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the Senate do now adjourn.
Page 52 - You are more alone," they tell us, "Every year; "You can win no new affection, "You have only recollection, "Deeper sorrow and dejection, "Every year." The shores of life are shifting, Every year; And we are seaward drifting, Every year; Old places, changing, fret us, The living more forget us, There are fewer to regret us, Every year. But the truer life draws nigher, Every year; And its...
Page 93 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 84 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 94 - Nature will be reported. All things are engaged in writing their history. The planet, the pebble, goes attended by its shadow. The rolling rock leaves its scratches on the mountain; the river its channel in the soil; the animal its bones in the stratum; the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal.
Page 52 - The shores of life are shifting, Every year; And we are seaward drifting, Every year; Old places, changing, fret us, The living more forget us, There are fewer to regret us, Every year. But the truer life draws nigher, Every year; And its Morning star climbs higher, Every year; Earth's hold on us grows slighter, And the heavy burden lighter, And the Dawn Immortal brighter, Every year.