Eulogy On Gen Zachary Taylor

Author : Henry Watkins Miller
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ISBN 13 : 9781331410874
Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book Eulogy on the Life and Character of Gen. Zachary Taylor written by Henry Watkins Miller and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eulogy on the Life and Character of Gen. Zachary Taylor: Delivered at the Request of the Citizens of Raleigh, in the Presbyterian Church, July 20th, 1850 My Fellow Citizens: - Cold indeed must be the heart of him, who casting his thoughts back but a few days, can look unmoved upon the scene, which is passing before us, and dead the mind that could fail to learn from it the solemn and impressive lessons, it is so well calculated to impart! Ten days ago, there came to us on the wings of the lightning, the melancholy and unexpected intelligence, that the head of this mighty Nation, full of years and of honors, had been cut down in the midst of his usefulness and fame. I say it came to us on the wings of the lightning. How overwhelming to us all, was the literal reality! Though by the ordinary means, that intelligence should have not reached us, until, perhaps, the funeral ceremonies, with all their solemn sadness, were over, and dust unto dust had returned, yet as it was, we felt that we were in the presence of the corpse itself, - that we could reach forth, and touch the temple of that once proud spirit, that we could feel its pulsations depart, and catch the last flickerings of that 'light of life' which had burnt so brightly! We felt here, at the distance of hundreds of miles from the spot where that body lay in state, with the flush of life hardly faded from its cheek, that we could see passing to and fro, the great and illustrious of the land, eager to catch a last glimpse at that face from which had flashed the eagle eye, and on which the shock of battle had so often fallen, with no other effect, than to spring into life all the energies of the soul that reigned within. We felt that we were in the presence of the dead! - We saw the sable garments of the widow and the orphan. - We witnessed the tear as it coursed down the manly cheek of those, who stood in wrapt awe and sorrow around that bier. We joined the immense throng of mourners, who went with sad hearts to the solemn resting place, and we heard the booming of those minute guns which seemed like music to the flitting spirit, to remind it once more and for the last time, as it departed from earth, of the distant fields of its glory! Since that day, the grief, with which the heart of the nation throbbed with so much intensity, has been thrown out to every extreme, and back again has each pulsation been returned, to remind us, that in those extremes, every ennobling sensibility is alive to the Nation's loss. 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.