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Page 161 - Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 162 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 321 - Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward...
Page 162 - This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Page 270 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 318 - Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy...
Page 137 - If not, all in favor signify by saying "aye"; contrary "no." The "ayes
Page 136 - I move that the rules be suspended and that the Secretary be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of this convention for Mr.
Page 140 - It has been moved and seconded that the rules be suspended and that the Secretary be instructed to cast the unanimous vote -of this convention for the Honorable JA Ollis, Second Vice-President. All those in favor make it manifest by saying AYE. Contrary, NO.
Page 136 - Gentlemen, you have heard the motion. It has been moved and seconded that the Secretary be instructed to cast the unanimous vote of this convention for Mr. IW Haws for President for the ensuing year. All those in favor of it* make it manifest by saying AYE. Contrary, NO.

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