Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ofmoney, and the estate was purchased. He^^s nominated for the Vice-Presidency of the United States in 1860 by the Consti-tutional Union party. Mr. Everett was arare scholar and finished orator, and wasone of the early editors of the NorthAmerican Revieic. He died in Boston,Jan. 15, 1865. Oration at Gettysburg.—The followingis his oration at the dedication of theNational Cemetery, on the Gettysburgbattle-field, on Nov. 19, 1863: 277 Standing beneath this serene sky, over-looki
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ofmoney, and the estate was purchased. He^^s nominated for the Vice-Presidency of the United States in 1860 by the Consti-tutional Union party. Mr. Everett was arare scholar and finished orator, and wasone of the early editors of the NorthAmerican Revieic. He died in Boston,Jan. 15, 1865. Oration at Gettysburg.—The followingis his oration at the dedication of theNational Cemetery, on the Gettysburgbattle-field, on Nov. 19, 1863: 277 Standing beneath this serene sky, over-looking these broad fields now reposingfrom the labors of the waning year, themighty Alleghanies dimly towering be-fore us, the graves of our brethren be-neath our feet, it is with hesitation thatT raise my poor voice to break the elo-quent silence of God and nature. Butthe duty to which you have called memust be performed; grant me, I pray3ou, your indulgence and your sympathy. It was appointed by law in Athensthat the obsequies of the citizens who fellin battle should be performed at the pub- EVBBETT, EDWARD. EDWARD EVERETT. lie expense, and in the most honorable recognized, but not, therefore, unhonored, manner. Their bones were carefully dead, and of those whose remains could gathered up from the funeral pyre where not be recovered. On the fourth day their bodies were consumed, and brought the mournful procession was formed; home to the city. There, for three days mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, led before the interment, they lay in state, the way, and to them it was permitted, beneath tents of honor, to receive the by the simplicity of ancient manners, to votive offerings of friends and lolatives—? utter aloud their lamentations for the flowers, weapons, pricious ornaments, beloved and the lost; the male relatives painted vases, wonders of art, which, and friends of the deceased followed; after 2,000 years, adorn the museums of citizens and strangers closed the train,
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