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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... inspire our debates and lead to diverse views . But we learn tolerance of each other's opinions and utterances by our long - continued association here , and that the Senator extreme in his partyism of any shade may be kind and ...
... inspire our debates and lead to diverse views . But we learn tolerance of each other's opinions and utterances by our long - continued association here , and that the Senator extreme in his partyism of any shade may be kind and ...
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... inspire us with higher resolves , more fervent aspirations for usefulness , stronger desires for the attainment of excellences of character . May his death admonish us that life is the span of man's activities , and that whatsoever LIFE ...
... inspire us with higher resolves , more fervent aspirations for usefulness , stronger desires for the attainment of excellences of character . May his death admonish us that life is the span of man's activities , and that whatsoever LIFE ...
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... inspire us to worthier purposes and greater efforts . I do not claim for Senator BOGY that he outranked in fame and reputation the distinguished names I have recalled ; viewed in the light of what he accomplished it can hardly be ...
... inspire us to worthier purposes and greater efforts . I do not claim for Senator BOGY that he outranked in fame and reputation the distinguished names I have recalled ; viewed in the light of what he accomplished it can hardly be ...
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... , stimulate hope , and inspire confidence in the fortunes of the Republic by the brave , patient , and hopeful spirit that marked his public life . As a public man he was fully alive to the 68 ADDRESS OF MR . THROCKMORTON ON THE.
... , stimulate hope , and inspire confidence in the fortunes of the Republic by the brave , patient , and hopeful spirit that marked his public life . As a public man he was fully alive to the 68 ADDRESS OF MR . THROCKMORTON ON THE.
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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.