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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... tribute to his public and private virtues . Resolved , That , as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased , the members of the Senate will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days . Ordered , That the Secretary ...
... tribute to his public and private virtues . Resolved , That , as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased , the members of the Senate will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days . Ordered , That the Secretary ...
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... tribute to my late colleague , LEWIS V. BOGY , and to - morrow we will pay the same tribute to the late Senator from Indiana , Oliver P. Morton . We are thus solemnly warned of the truth of the divine utterance : Set thine house in ...
... tribute to my late colleague , LEWIS V. BOGY , and to - morrow we will pay the same tribute to the late Senator from Indiana , Oliver P. Morton . We are thus solemnly warned of the truth of the divine utterance : Set thine house in ...
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... tribute to the memory of Mr. BOGY , not only in Saint Louis , but all over the State , and the press , irrespective of party , rendered merited tribute to the memory of the dead Senator . The States of Missouri and Texas had so many ...
... tribute to the memory of Mr. BOGY , not only in Saint Louis , but all over the State , and the press , irrespective of party , rendered merited tribute to the memory of the dead Senator . The States of Missouri and Texas had so many ...
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... tribute of kindly remem- brance which we render to - day to one of our number may any day be called forth in behalf of any of us in our turn who yet survive . The custom of devoting one day to the memory of each who has been cut down ...
... tribute of kindly remem- brance which we render to - day to one of our number may any day be called forth in behalf of any of us in our turn who yet survive . The custom of devoting one day to the memory of each who has been cut down ...
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... tribute of respect to his char- acter and memory . Mr. BOGY was an honest , honorable man . As a member of the Legislature of Missouri , and as Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1867 and 1868 , he discharged his duties with ability and ...
... tribute of respect to his char- acter and memory . Mr. BOGY was an honest , honorable man . As a member of the Legislature of Missouri , and as Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1867 and 1868 , he discharged his duties with ability and ...
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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.