Word: epitaphed
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...sepulchre and reverence for the dead belong to the most ancient instincts of the human race. . . . This day the discord of party passion divides us not. ... . There are no minority views in this committee's report. It is accepted by unanimous consent without debate. That report constitutes the epitaph of ... seven strong men. . . . Their roll calls have all been answered. Their speeches have all been uttered. Their offices have been vacated by the decree of fate. Soon others will occupy their places. ... It is one of the inexplicable mysteries of life in which one surrenders his peace of mind...
...Lukeman and the Piccirilli Brothers lent pieces to the exhibition. And at the annual banquet, the chief address was de- livered by Bainbridge Colby. "I want to use this occasion," declared Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State, "to make an earnest plea for the revival of the epitaph. . . . The power of words, suitable and just words, is very great. True words age slowly. Some live forever...
...that he has embellished more graves than any other single individual in the industry. From his drawing board came one of the most expensive tombs ever erected in the U. S., the $300,000 William Rockefeller Mausoleum at Tarrytown, N. Y. He is responsible for the Back-to-the-Epitaph movement now stirring the industry...
...Charles Morgan that he wanted his biography to be, not a "tombstone in two volumes," but "a true novel." Mr. Morgan undertook this task, but the withholding from him of an extensive correspondence which Moore had deemed essential for the work, has caused him to abandon his attempt. The "Epitaph on George Moore" contains his explanation and "a distillation" of the materials he had gathered for the work. It is an exceedingly valuable distillation...
Round, "Old Bridge's Epitaph...