Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress: John Cornelius Stennis, 1901-1995, Late a Senator from Mississippi |
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... southern Christian gen- tleman , in every sense of the word . He was intellectually honest , a man of great moral rectitude , simply in his habits , and completely devoid of hypocrisy . He was a Senator who loved the Senate and who was ...
... southern Christian gen- tleman , in every sense of the word . He was intellectually honest , a man of great moral rectitude , simply in his habits , and completely devoid of hypocrisy . He was a Senator who loved the Senate and who was ...
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... Southern gentleman , and fairness and integrity were constants in his conduct . It was no mere happenstance that he was our first chairman of the Select Committee on Standards and Con- duct . He was for decades the foremost guardian of ...
... Southern gentleman , and fairness and integrity were constants in his conduct . It was no mere happenstance that he was our first chairman of the Select Committee on Standards and Con- duct . He was for decades the foremost guardian of ...
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... southern courtesy would become a mark of dignity and distinction . After receiving a law de- gree from the University of Virginia in 1927 , young JOHN STENNIS spent 19 full years serving first as a State rep- resentative , then district ...
... southern courtesy would become a mark of dignity and distinction . After receiving a law de- gree from the University of Virginia in 1927 , young JOHN STENNIS spent 19 full years serving first as a State rep- resentative , then district ...
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... southern families that go back for many generations . I used to enjoy the stories he would tell about his early years and how his father would raise cotton , transport it over to Ala- bama , and ship it down the river to Mobile . We ...
... southern families that go back for many generations . I used to enjoy the stories he would tell about his early years and how his father would raise cotton , transport it over to Ala- bama , and ship it down the river to Mobile . We ...
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... southern gentleman , the Senator from Mis- sissippi , were much the same with regard to national de- fense , fiscal matters , issues of substance in the social area , of the fabric of the country , and they became fast friends . I ...
... southern gentleman , the Senator from Mis- sissippi , were much the same with regard to national de- fense , fiscal matters , issues of substance in the social area , of the fabric of the country , and they became fast friends . I ...
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Page 30 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 48 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 49 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 48 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 48 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Page 9 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms.
Page 45 - I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.
Page 49 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 49 - O masters, lords and rulers in all lands, How will the Future reckon with this Man? How answer his brute question in that hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world? How will it be with kingdoms and with kings— With those who shaped him to the thing he is — When this dumb Terror shall reply to God, After the silence of the centuries? Edwin Markham [1852The Man With the Hoe...
Page 45 - Baptism, let us proclaim our faith and say, 1 believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.