Memorial Address Upon the Late James G. Blaine

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Excerpt from Memorial Address Upon the Late James G. Blaine: Delivered Before the House of Representatives and Invited Guest on February 23, 1893, by the Hon. William E. Barrett, in Response to an Invitation of the House Mr. Speaker: - This crowded hall, these suspended legislative duties, this atmosphere of respect accompanying the consideration of resolutions to the memory of our late most illustrious private citizen, - are themselves the token of how fitting the exercises of this hour may be. The history of generations often clusters about a single name. Great movements of thought and action, in field and forum, are identified with an individual. That one is the fitting centre about which to focus the understanding of popular movements. One Cromwell, one Washington, one Jackson, one Lincoln, represents in the concrete to us a great army of men, whose aggregate action and its results are personified in him. Time, with its mellowing touches, shall place in their true perspective those who have led in the tremendous scenes of the generation now almost gone. Such a panorama the world never saw as the development of this nation during the past forty years. A great people has written in lasting characters the long questioned truth that republics may survive all assaults. In all the pageant of those who have been leaders in this mighty train one name will live. Upon the new-made grave which it will mark we lay to-day our tribute. 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.