Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Matthew H. Carpenter, (a Senator from Wisconsin)U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 - 119 strani |
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Address admiration adopted advocate Ambrose E American Angus Cameron argument Arthur MacArthur associate became Beloit bright brilliant career CARPENTER's Chairman character Charles Devens citizen client committee David Davis dead death of MATTHEW deceased Democrats Dillingham distinguished duty eloquence eminent entered eulogy expression fame feel fitting tribute friendship gave genial genius Governor hand heard heart highest honor human illustrious intellectual knew labor lawyer learning living logic MATTHEW H MATTHEW HALE CARPENTER memory ment Milwaukee mind Moretown mourn nation nature never noble orator Paul Dillingham Philip Phillips political President principles profession professional profound sorrow qualities remarkable render Republican resolutions Resolved respect Reverdy Johnson Roscoe Conkling Rufus Choate Senator CARPENTER Senator from Wisconsin soon speak SPEAKER speech spirit statesman Supreme Court sympathy talents thought tion to-day United utterances Vermont voice War Democrats West Point Wiscon young
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Stran 64 - Wherefore, that here we may briefly end, of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven• and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Stran 77 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.
Stran 7 - Maine, and tenders to the relatives of the deceased the assurance of their sympathy with them under the bereavement they have been called to sustain. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to transmit to the family of Mr. HERSEY a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.
Stran 45 - And locked his arms his foeman round. Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own ! No maiden's hand is round thee thrown ! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through bars of brass and triple steel ! They tug, they strain ! down, down they go, The Gael above, Fitzjames below.
Stran 15 - Buildings"; and further, that "the president is hereby authorized to invite each and all the States to provide and furnish statues in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been ciitzens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown, or from distinguished civic or military services, such as each State shall determine to be worthy of this national commemoration...
Stran 7 - Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the Senate do now- adjourn. The...
Stran 102 - Greek which he learned in boyhood faded entirely out of his memory before ho became a full-grown man. At West Point he was taught French, and spoke it fluently ; in a few years afterward he forgot every word of it. But perhaps it was not lost ; a language (or any kind of literature), though forgotten, enriches the mind as a crop of clover plowed down fertilizes the soil. His youth and early manhood was full of the severest trials. After leaving the Military Academy he studied law in Vermont, and...
Stran 31 - Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject, and shone as it played — • Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade...
Stran 45 - We hang out our banner; no dusty rag representing the twilight of seven stars, but the old banner that has floated triumphantly in every breeze; the banner Decatur unfurled to the Barbary states; that Jackson held over New Orleans; that Scott carried to the halls of the Montezumas...
Stran 18 - Providence, bending over us in blessings, glads the heart almost to madness; many dismal Fridays, when the smoke of torment beclouds the mind, and undying sorrows gnaw upon the heart; some high ambitions and many Waterloo defeats, until the heart becomes like a charnel house filled with dead affections embalmed in holy but sorrowful memories; and then the chord is loosed, the golden bowl is broken, the individual life — a cloud, a vapor, passes away.