John Warwick Daniel (late a Senator from Virginia) Memorial Addresses: Delivered in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States. Proceedings in the Senate, February 20, 1911. Proceedings in the House June 24, 1911U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - 158 páginas |
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... ginia could bestow and was elected for five terms as a Member of this honorable body . Thus , alike in de- feat and in victory , he displayed his preeminence and greatness . Senator DANIEL was a man of positive convictions , and without ...
... ginia could bestow and was elected for five terms as a Member of this honorable body . Thus , alike in de- feat and in victory , he displayed his preeminence and greatness . Senator DANIEL was a man of positive convictions , and without ...
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... ginia Regiment at the Battle of First Manassas , and aid- ing in winning that great victory which made the name of Stonewall Jackson immortal . I shall ever remember the vivid descriptions I have heard him give of his ex- periences in ...
... ginia Regiment at the Battle of First Manassas , and aid- ing in winning that great victory which made the name of Stonewall Jackson immortal . I shall ever remember the vivid descriptions I have heard him give of his ex- periences in ...
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... ginia during the years of his early life , when he was in active practice , to obtain evidence of his greatness as a lawyer and of the immense and successful practice he possessed . What is still more remarkable , while actively engaged ...
... ginia during the years of his early life , when he was in active practice , to obtain evidence of his greatness as a lawyer and of the immense and successful practice he possessed . What is still more remarkable , while actively engaged ...
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... ginia and was assigned to the Twenty - seventh Virginia Infantry Regiment , of which he subsequently became the adjutant , and with which he served with distinction in the first battle of Manassas . In this , the first of the many ...
... ginia and was assigned to the Twenty - seventh Virginia Infantry Regiment , of which he subsequently became the adjutant , and with which he served with distinction in the first battle of Manassas . In this , the first of the many ...
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... ginia in the United States Senate he wrought sublimely for home , State , and country . What a splendid career was his , and victory was his greatest crown . It requires conditions , Mr. Speaker , to produce such men , as it required ...
... ginia in the United States Senate he wrought sublimely for home , State , and country . What a splendid career was his , and victory was his greatest crown . It requires conditions , Mr. Speaker , to produce such men , as it required ...
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Página 90 - Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it.
Página 8 - Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his high character and distinguished public services.
Página 133 - Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king; Which every wise and virtuous man attains...
Página 49 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Página 134 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt ; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death ; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, '' Nunc dimittis" when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Página 73 - Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator.
Página 154 - Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage, an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone.
Página 49 - Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Página 76 - Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a distinguished public servant, the House, at the conclusion of these memorial proceedings, shall stand adjourned.
Página 43 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.