Word: memoriam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Clouds of Faith. In 1850, all England wept over In Memoriam, Emily Sellwood consented, after twelve years, to marry him, and Queen Victoria made him Laureate. Thereafter until his death in 1892, Alfred Tennyson gave the profession of poetry a public dignity that it has never had since...
...Memoriam. In Pittsburgh, Burglar Frank Reymer told police how he made sure of quiet spots to work in: he studiously read newspaper obituaries, looted houses while the bereaved were off to the funeral...
...Memoriam. In South Bend, an old customer walked into Russell McDaniels' meatless butcher shop, thanked him for past services, gave him a large steak...
...Memoriam...
...five full minutes. Then he lifted his head, with the heaviness of a man who is suddenly very lonely. He whispered: "Get me the Palace." He informed the King, then called Washington, then labored with sad heart far into the night over the words he would speak in memoriam...