Case Of Hon Matthew Stanley Quay Of Pennsylvania

Author : Charles H. Stone
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333647193
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Matthew Stanley Quay, in Memorium written by Charles H. Stone and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Matthew Stanley Quay, in Memorium: Address Delivered Before the Grand Army of the Republic, Beaver Post, No; 473, March 31, 1905 It is sad, sad indeed to think of you going, you who have done so much for us. War is indeed hell, and yet, so is much of life and each seems equally a necessity. You have done your duty, no other could do more, not even the loudest proclaimer of peace and interna tional parliaments. But we all in time must go, and you are not complaining, but have taught us, a younger gener ation with lesser burdens, to be of good cheer. It was on the battle field, and in Libby and Andersonville, you learned to crack the grimest jokes, and you have never ceased your yarning. From Maine to California you have brightened and encouraged even boys in their teens by the example of your cheerfulness. From my boyhood you have been one of my greatest helps and have occupied in my heart one of its warmest corners. Yes these memorial days, though they are to com memorate those of your Post who have gone beyond, are yet green patches in a sandy desert, for they bring you, veterans, and all of us closer together and comrade cheers comrade with recollection of ties that no other can take the place of Had I been one of your Post and were I still answering the roll call here or had gone to answer the larger roll call on the other side, I would be glad to know of gatherings like this. One assurance at least we give you. What you have won we will hold, though the fight be against ourselves, against institu tions of our own creation or against a foreign foe. On the eastern facade of your Court House there is the figure of a beautiful woman. She holds her place above the administration of law in our county and this portion of our Commonwealth, as the symbol of justice. In her left hand are evenly balanced scales, signifying that every question will be carefully con sidered; over her eyes there is a band signifying that justice knows no prejudice, is impartial; in her right hand there is a sword signifying that her decrees will be eu forced even though it require the sword. Thus much has man, from his vanity and necessity done. But above and beyond all this is the blue sky of the heavens and when darkness makes justice but a shadow the eternal stars keep watch. To me the blue sky and its night sentinels, the stars, symbol a higher justice which for want of another name we call charity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.