John Franklin Rixey (late a Representative from Virginia).: Memorial Addresses, Fifty-ninth Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives, February 25, 1907. Senate of the United States, March 2, 1907U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 70 psl. |
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7 psl. - Representatives to take order for superintending the funeral of the deceased. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the Senate do now adjourn.
36 psl. - Are yet of no diviner origin, No purer essence, than the one that burns, Like an untended watch-fire on the ridge Of some dark mountain; or than those which seem...
25 psl. - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
26 psl. - to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to 44 see a battle and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below...
26 psl. - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
57 psl. - GEORGE WASHINGTON, Gent., produced a commission from the President and Master of William and Mary College, appointing him to be surveyor of this county, which was read, and thereupon he took the usual oaths to his Majesty's person and government, and took and subscribed the abjuration oath and test, and then took the oath of a surveyor, according to law.
26 psl. - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
9 psl. - That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, and in recognition of his...
7 psl. - Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the present consideration of the following resolution, which I send to the Clerk's desk.
6 psl. - Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased. The question was taken; and the resolutions were unanimously agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore.