Edward C. Little: Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in Memory of Edward C. Little, Late a Representative from Kansas. Sixty-eighth Congress. February 1, 1925U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - 84 páginas |
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... Bill . " He settled near the Little homestead . He was a Scotchman whose ancestors came to Vermont a century and a half ago and fought by the side of Ethan Allen . He had been a Union scout in the Civil War ; and so soon after ...
... Bill . " He settled near the Little homestead . He was a Scotchman whose ancestors came to Vermont a century and a half ago and fought by the side of Ethan Allen . He had been a Union scout in the Civil War ; and so soon after ...
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... Bill and his comrades . But the dime novelist has been their biographer and cheap notoriety their reward . They deserve a statelier history and a sweeter requiem . With all their faults they were brave and gallant gentle- men and made ...
... Bill and his comrades . But the dime novelist has been their biographer and cheap notoriety their reward . They deserve a statelier history and a sweeter requiem . With all their faults they were brave and gallant gentle- men and made ...
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... Bill and other frontier people , and he did not despise the literature of David Crockett , California Joe , and others in their class . At times when he was making a public address it seemed that he was inspired and that everything that ...
... Bill and other frontier people , and he did not despise the literature of David Crockett , California Joe , and others in their class . At times when he was making a public address it seemed that he was inspired and that everything that ...
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... bill intended to better the opportunities and conditions of those engaged in agriculture , and during late years much of his time was given to the compiling of the statutes of the United States . His last vote in Congress was for the ...
... bill intended to better the opportunities and conditions of those engaged in agriculture , and during late years much of his time was given to the compiling of the statutes of the United States . His last vote in Congress was for the ...
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... bill was intro- duced in the House ; this was H. R. 1. The Sixty- seventh Congress passed into history ; the Senate had not acted on the bill ; the Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws had not during the Sixty- seventh Congress even ...
... bill was intro- duced in the House ; this was H. R. 1. The Sixty- seventh Congress passed into history ; the Senate had not acted on the bill ; the Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws had not during the Sixty- seventh Congress even ...
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Abilene ability Address by Representative adjourned agent and consul bachelor of arts bar association battle bill brusqueness called chairman character Clerk codification colleague Colonel LITTLE command committee death deceased Dickinson County district EDWARD CAMPBELL LITTLE Egypt elected eulogies faith friendship frontier Funston gone graduated Greek-letter GUYER heard with profound heart honor House of Representatives Hutchings Kans Kansas City knew labor late a Representative lieutenant colonel LITTLE'S lived mark of respect Member memory Missouri morning Nation Neath Ness City never night passed Philippines poem political Porta President public services quote regiment resolution Resolved Revision Senate Sixty-eighth Congress Sixty-seventh Congress soldier soul Spanish-American Spanish-American War speak SPEAKER pro tempore statutes student Thee things Thou thought tion to-day took tribute unanimous consent United United States Senate University of Kansas Violet Star wrote Wyandotte County
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Página 24 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Página 66 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 15 - To the West, to the West, to the land of the free, Where the mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea; Where a man is a man if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil...
Página 84 - Res. 197) were read, considered by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows : Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon.
Página 23 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Página 2 - Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution was agreed to.
Página 84 - 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...
Página 23 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 23 - The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave, Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave. The peasant, whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsman, who climbed with his goats...
Página 3 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.