Benjamin G. Hunphreys: Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Memory of Benjamin G. Humphreys, Late a Representative from Mississippi. Sixty-eighth Congress. Proceedings in the House. April 6, 1924. Proceedings in the Senate. May 25, 1924U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - 121 pages |
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Page 4 - Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon.
Page 13 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.
Page 93 - 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.
Page 95 - ... the touch of the vanished hand and the sound of the voice that is still...
Page 90 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
Page 89 - I would be true, for there are those who trust me ; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend...
Page 86 - He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who...
Page 2 - I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 55 minutes pm) the House adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, December 2, 1924, at 12 o'clock noon.
Page 93 - December 6, 1923. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Chaffee, one of its clerks, communicated to the Senate the resolutions of the House unanimously adopted as a tribute to the memory of Hon.
Page 41 - ... we shall see that there is great reason to hope that death is a good, for one of two things: either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if you suppose that there is no consciousness, but a sleep like the sleep of him who is undisturbed even by the sight of dreams, death will be an unspeakable gain.