Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Zebulon Baird Vance: (late a Senator from North Carolina) Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, Fifty-third Congress, Third SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 - 192 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ability ADDRESS admiration ambition amid April 14 army Asheville beautiful believe beloved body brave Buncombe County career character cheerful citizens civil colonel committee Confederacy Confederate Confederate army Congress courage death debate deceased Democratic devotion distinguished duty elected governor eloquence eternal faith fame federacy feel genial gifted glory governor of North Governor VANCE heart honor hope hour House of Representatives human illustration knew late a Senator light lived memory Mount Mitchell mountain mourning never noble North Carolina Old Capitol Prison orator party patriotic peace political President RANSOM reelected remains resolutions Resolved seat Senate Chamber Senator VANCE Sergeant-at-Arms served sincere soldiers sorrow South Southern speak Speaker speech spirit statesman stood tender Thirty-sixth Congresses thought tion to-day tribute troops true Union United States Senate VANCE was born virtues war governor Whig wit and humor ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE
Popular passages
Page 102 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 148 - A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Page 105 - ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Page 35 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.
Page 78 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Page 54 - ... wrapped the drapery of his couch about him and lay down to pleasant dreams.
Page 54 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 17 - Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with thine, and take away, All that now makes, it hard to say, "Thy Will be done.
Page 15 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 17 - Father, while I stray Far from my home on life's rough way, Oh teach me from my heart to say,