Eulogium on Chief Justice Marshall
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Excerpt from Eulogium on Chief Justice Marshall: Delivered in the Unitarian Church, Washington City, on the 24th of September, 1835 We have again assembled in the Sanctuary of God, again the mournful dirge lingers around its consecrated walls, again the voice of prayer and supplication ascends to the throne of the Most High. But lately, we were called to mourn the last of the Fathers of our Independence, again, the departure of him, who forsaking all for liberty, stood by our fathers in the days of their trial, and forsook them not until our Independence was accomplished; and now the angel of death has hovered near us, and shaking from his dark wings a sound like the rushing of the tempest, has snatched from among us, one upon whom more than all others, the affections, the confidence, and the hopes of his country were reposed. John Marshall is no more! and all that is now left to us, is the melancholy privilege of testifying our gratitude for his services, and the profound respect which we entertain for his memory. The Union Literary Society of this city, desirous of offering a public testimonial of the deep regret which they feel for the loss of a great public benefactor, have requested me as their organ, to express their feelings, and have selected the anniversary of the day, which gave him birth, as the most appropriate occasion. You must all be persuaded, that it requires something of an approximation to his talents, to render ample justice to his high reputation. I feel sensibly the temerity of which I have been guilty, in venturing upon a subject like the present, and my utter inability to do justice to the character of the mighty dead. Called upon, however, by the Society of which I am a member, to speak in their behalf, of one whose life was a blessing to our country, and whose death has desolated our hearts, I was unwilling that our humble tribute to his character and distinguished services, should be suppressed, because of the very imperfect manner, in which it must necessarily be offered. These honors are the reward of virtue, and exert a powerful influence upon the mind, by exciting emulation in the discharge of those duties, and the practice of those virtues, which have gained for the subjects of them, the gratitude and respect of their fellow men. 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.
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