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Excerpt from Biography of the Hon.: Caleb Strong, Several Years Governor of the State of Massachusetts
The respect paid to the memory of eminent men, is alike honorable to the character of the deceased, and of the living. The sentiment which leads us to appreciate the virtues, and to eulogize the worth of the departed, is proof of a disinterested affection, and a love of moral excellence, natural to man. In our admiration of a living character, possessed of extensive influence in society, though his talents and his actions entitle him to distinguished regard, there is much of selfishness, perhaps, mingling with our expressions of applause. But when we gather round the tomb of the departed patriot, who has left no family honors or titles, with which to repay the obsequiousness of flatterers, we render a voluntary tribute to virtue, and show that human nature is capable of the most pure and disinterested sentiments. And it is a fact, which reflects honor on our common nature, that in all stages of society, this feeling has prevailed in the human breast.
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