Albert Estopinal (late a Representative from Louisiana) Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States, Sixty-sixth Congress, Third Session: Proceedings in the House February 29, 1920. Proceedings in the Senate June 1, 1920U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - 76 pages |
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Page 13 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 42 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to...
Page 13 - A land without ruins is a land without memories ; a land without memories is a land without liberty! A land that wears a laurel crown may be fair to see, but twine a few sad cypress leaves around the brow of any land and, be that land...
Page 21 - I know that my Redeemer liveth. And though after my skin — worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Page 14 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.
Page 13 - A land that wears a laurel crown may be fair to see; but twine a few sad cypress leaves around the brow of any land, and be that land barren, beautiless and bleak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated coronet of sorrow, and it wins the sympathy of the heart and of history. Crowns of roses fade — crowns of thorns endure. Calvaries and crucifixions take deepest hold of humanity — the triumphs of might are transient — they pass and are forgotten — the sufferings of right are graven deepest on...
Page 44 - The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection ? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.
Page 8 - Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Representative, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at...
Page 13 - ... sad cypress leaves around the brow of any " land, and be that land beautiless and bleak, it becomes " lovely in its consecrated coronet of sorrow, and it wins " the sympathy of the heart and history ! Crowns of roses " fade — crowns of thorns endure ! Calvaries and crucifixes " take deepest hold of humanity — the triumphs of Might " are transient, they pass away and are forgotten — the " sufferings of Right are graven deepest on the chronicles
Page 56 - Pour the balm of the Gospel into the wounds of bleeding nations. Plant the tree of life in every soil, that suffering kingdoms may repose beneath its shade and feel the virtue of its healing leaves, till all the kindred of the human family shall be bound together in one common bond...