Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James Laird: A Representative from NebraskaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 - 49 pages |
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A. J. Smith Adams County ADDRESS adjourn admiration Army associates August 17 battle Beyeu body brave brother character chivalry Clerk be directed close colleague committee comrade constituents courage Cutcheon dead death debate deceased December 18 defense devotion district of Nebraska Dorsey duty earnest election eloquence enlisted entered eulogies faithful Fifty-first Congresses Fitz John Porter Forty-eighth Congress fought friendship funeral further mark Governor Thayer grave Hastings heard with profound heart hemorrhoids honor and fame hour House of Representatives human JAMES LAIRD judgment June 20 Juniata knew late a member light lived Livingston County loved loyalty Major LAIRD MANDERSON manhood manly mark of respect memory Michigan mourn nature Nebr never old commander Potomac profound sorrow regiment Representatives has heard resolutions Resolved Second district seemed Senate shadows side soldier Speaker strong Tate to-day tribute trust Union Army vigorous voice wounded young
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Page 34 - Also, when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail ; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page ii - That there shall be printed ten thousand five hundred copies of the report on field operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture...
Page 32 - Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the Senate do now adjourn.
Page 26 - Surely there is a life immortal, where may be realized the pure ideal which few, if any, this side of the ocean which separates the present from the future, have ever attained. "O life, what mystery thy birth enshrouds, For ages past hath man in vain essayed This mystery to solve, thy origin to learn, O soul! my soul! Speak out and tell me clear Whence eamest thou here?
Page 42 - Porter. [Applause.] And let me remark to the gentlemen who seek to bring the menace of future punishment to bear upon the discharge of present duty, that if I knew this act of mine would end my bodily existence, as you say it may end my official one, then still would I do it; and I would thank God that my loyalty to my country, as I understand her honor; that my loyalty to my general, as I understand my duty; that my loyalty to...
Page 3 - I send to the desk. The Clerk read as follows: ''Resolved, That the House of Representatives has heard with profound sorrow of the death of PRESTON B.
Page 10 - I falter where I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God. "I stretch lame hands of faith and grope. And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Page 25 - ... The following year he removed to Juniata, Nebraska, where he entered upon the active practice of his profession. He subsequently removed to Hastings, Nebraska, which place continued his home until the time of his death. It was my privilege, in company with my colleagues, Congressmen Laws and Dorsey, to attend his funeral. The day was beautiful and the services impressive. In the soft twilight of the afternoon, the emaciated form of our departed friend and brother was lowered to its final resting...
Page 32 - ... copy of these resolutions to the Senate. Resolved, That as a mark of respect to his memory the House do now adjourn. Mr. BRICE. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which I send to the desk. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read. The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows : Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret the announcement of the death of the Hon. JOHN G. WARWICK, late a Representative from the State of Ohio.
Page 35 - Oh, what hadst thou to do with cruel Death, Who wast so full of life, or Death with thee, That thou shouldst die before thou hadst grown old...