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...opinion that John Harvard was not acquainted with Capt. Smith since at the time of the latter's death in 1631, Harvard was still a student at Cambridge. Smith's name had been for some time one of romantic interest, however, and there was much truth in the epitaph put above his grave-"the grim King has at last conquered one who in his time conquered many kings...
...speaker then spoke of Mr. John Gay who went to the Hebrides and on whose grave after he died was the following epitaph: "When he came to the Island there were no Christians, when he died there were no heathens." In conclusion he urged upon as many of his audience as could, to become missionaries for they would never regret...
...colleges can boast a prouder record or more eminent alumni than the old University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, a fact which he thought worthy to be chronicled, in writing his own epitaph, beside the immortal fact of his having been the author of the Declaration of Independence. The fact that he was twice President of the United States Jefferson thought less worthy of record. Although prostrated by the war, the university has since that time received over $700,000 in legacies and gifts, exclusive of its fixed endowments. It has no President but its affairs are administered...
...President of the University; his fame shall not, to use his own language, this day be left to 'a dogged dirge and a Latin epitaph': - we pronounce him while he lives, in our mother tongue, the ornament of the forum, the senate and the academy...
...coffin was then lowered into the grave, which the sextons filled, and at the head was placed the following epitaph in white letters on a black board...