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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... district , his State has a right to be proud , and of which the Nation might well too be proud . We do not come here to mourn his death . Death is just as natural as life . We come and pass through the scene of action , whatever it may ...
... district , his State has a right to be proud , and of which the Nation might well too be proud . We do not come here to mourn his death . Death is just as natural as life . We come and pass through the scene of action , whatever it may ...
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... district which he afterwards represented with signal distinction for nearly a decade . The soil of that historic district was stained with the first blood that was sacrificed in the great con- flict , when the scenes of that struggle ...
... district which he afterwards represented with signal distinction for nearly a decade . The soil of that historic district was stained with the first blood that was sacrificed in the great con- flict , when the scenes of that struggle ...
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... district of Kansas . At the last meeting of the bar association a resolution was adopted , at the president's suggestion , that in the future when memorial services were observed for a mem- ber of the bar that a stenographer be employed ...
... district of Kansas . At the last meeting of the bar association a resolution was adopted , at the president's suggestion , that in the future when memorial services were observed for a mem- ber of the bar that a stenographer be employed ...
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... district of Kansas . When he entered Congress he had built up a large and lucrative practice , which by reason of his arduous official duties he was compelled to gradually relinquish . Under appointment of President Benjamin Harrison he ...
... district of Kansas . When he entered Congress he had built up a large and lucrative practice , which by reason of his arduous official duties he was compelled to gradually relinquish . Under appointment of President Benjamin Harrison he ...
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... district and was elected by the largest majority ever given a Congressman in his district . As a private citizen and in the public service the colonel loved justice and walked uprightly . The breath of scandal or suspicion never turned ...
... district and was elected by the largest majority ever given a Congressman in his district . As a private citizen and in the public service the colonel loved justice and walked uprightly . The breath of scandal or suspicion never turned ...
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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.