Word: mourning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...words of eulogy for Phillips Brooks, said he, have scarcely died away, when again we are gathered to mourn for one of Harvard's great men. Brooks was a man of the new age, accepting its haste, imbibing its fervor, rejoicing in its problems; Peabody was of an earlier generation, at home within academic walk, the embodiment of serenity and peace, a noble example of simplicity, sincerity, and unworldliness...
...strange what a warm heart he had, and how he sympathized with the poor and desolate. He never had had any hardship, or any personal sorrow, yet his was the kindest heart and his the tenderest words to the sorrowful. It is the poor who mourn him most of all, and feel that only God is left for them...
Socially he stood high and was universally liked by his class mates who elected him their marshal at graduation. His genial ways and manly bearing commanded respect from every one. Those who knew him personally will especially mourn his loss...
Resolved: - That in the death of Ernest Hill we have lost a liberal, earnest and studious companion. By his genial manners he won warm personal friends who will deeply mourn his loss...
Although out a few months among us, Adelbert Shaw had drawn to himself a wide circle of friends. We, who know him best, loved him more and more as we learned to know his noble character. Strong in his aims and pure in his life, we mourn him as a brother. In our meetings, his earnest words and simple prayer of faith impressed us all as the deep feeling of one who walked with...