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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesaddressed admiration American appointed Association beautiful bereavement Board Boston brilliant Bunker Hill Monument Cambridge career character Christian Church citizen Committee Court of St death deceased departed devoted distinguished duty Edward Everett eloquence eminent eulogy expression faith fame Faneuil Hall feel fellow-citizens funeral gave genius gentlemen George Ticknor gifts Governor of Massachusetts grace gratitude Greek Greek literature Harvard College heard heart honor hour illustrated influence interest January January 18 labor lamented land learning lectures Levi Lincoln Library lips literature living loss Massachusetts meeting memory ment mind Mount Vernon mourn nation never noble occasion orator patriotism Phi Beta Kappa present President pulpit received remarks remember rendered resolutions Resolved respect reverence Savannah scholar School seemed Senate Society sorrow speak speech spirit statesman sympathy thought tion tribute trust uttered voice Washington Webster words youth References from web pagesA memorial of Edward Everett Places mentioned in this book Maps KML
Popular passagesList his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music : Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter... Page 50 I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hillside, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious, indeed, at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming. Page 64 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Page 134 ... nothing but his lips left for contributing to the public good." Nothing but his lips left! Ah, my friends, what lips those were ! If ever since the days of the infant Plato, of whom the story is told, if ever since that age of cunning fable and of deep philosophy with which he was so familiar, the Attic bees have lighted upon any* human lips, and left their persuasive honey there without a particle of their sting, it must have been on those of our lamented friend. What lips they were ! And what... Page 48 Resolved, That the secretary be directed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased, and that they be entered upon the records of the Society. Page 306 The name he has left behind is none the less " pure " that instead of being " humble," as he then anticipated, it is on the lips of grateful millions, and written ineffaceable on the record of his country's trial and triumph : — " Yet not for me when I shall fall asleep Shall Santa Croce's lamps their vigils keep. Beyond the main in Auburn's quiet shade, With those I loved and love my couch be made ; Spring's pendant branches o'er the hillock wave, And morning's dewdrops glisten on my grave, While... Page 214 If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on : 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the " Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius... Page 279 Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your kind invitation, to attend the inauguration ceremonies upon the opening of the Illinois Industrial University. With much regret I am compelled to forego the great pleasure which it would afford me, to be with you on an occasion of so much interest. Page 211 I thank God for an error so animating. If this be false, may I never know the truth. Never may you, my friends, be under any other feeling, than that a great, a growing, an immeasurably expanding country is calling upon you for your best services. The... Page 108 Christian grace and courage to own), no selfish interest weighed in the scale of his judgment against truth. As our thoughts follow him to his last restingplace, we are sadly reminded of his own touching lines, written many years ago at Florence. The name he has left behind is none the less " pure " that instead of being Page 214 More book information |
