A Memoir of Lt.-Col. Edward Anthony Steel, D. S. O
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Excerpt from A Memoir of Lt.-Col. Edward Anthony Steel, D. S. O : R. H. An; And R. F. A.; 1800-1919; Consisting Chiefly of His Letters and Diaries With Numerous Illustrations Among civilised nations it has been the custom from the ealiest times to perpetuate the memory of their dead, and to mark their final resting-place by monuments varying in importance from the pyramid to the simple cross: though it must be admitted that in our own county this method of keeping green the memory of our departed has not always resulted in erecting works representative either of art or beauty. In more recent times the tombstone and inscription on brass tablet has to some extent superseded the monument, except in the case of individuals of national or historical importance; and again, the epitaph has had its vogue, in which the survivors endeavoured to assuage their grief, as well as to mark their sense of loss, by exaggerating the virtues and accomplishments of their lost relatives: the Great War has caused us to reconsider many of our previous conceptions of duty and conduct, and with our dead reckoned in thousands our perspective has been altered. Still the desire remains, and a recent discussion as to the form to be taken has indicated its intensity; and if any other evidence were wanting it would be found in the periodical ´In Memoriam´ insertions in the daily papers, in which the epitaph of last century is superseded by suitable quotations from classic or poet. In all these cases the desire to locate the resting-place of the dead has not been lost sight of, and the failure to discover it has led to dubious methods of research. The subject of this Memoir lies buried in the Cossack cemetery at Omsk, a city of importance in Siberia, but until recently little more than a geographical expression to all but students of the East or of geography. 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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