Memorial Services Held in the Senate of the United States and the House of Representatives Together with Tributes Presented in Eulogy of John P. East, Late a Senator from North Carolina, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 117 pages |
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... duty and his commitment to the trust which sent him to the Senate . We join in loving concern and prayer for Mrs. East , the family , the faithful staff who served him so well , and hosts of admiring , sorrowing friends . Gracious ...
... duty and his commitment to the trust which sent him to the Senate . We join in loving concern and prayer for Mrs. East , the family , the faithful staff who served him so well , and hosts of admiring , sorrowing friends . Gracious ...
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... duties . He had to call on courage early in life . An Illinois native , he was a Marine lieutenant at Camp Lejeune when he was stricken by polio at the age of 24 . He earned a law degree from the University of Illinois , and a Ph.D. in ...
... duties . He had to call on courage early in life . An Illinois native , he was a Marine lieutenant at Camp Lejeune when he was stricken by polio at the age of 24 . He earned a law degree from the University of Illinois , and a Ph.D. in ...
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... duty to his fellow man . " Idealism was the great motivator of JOHN EAST . He came to the Senate in my class . He came to contribute to the progress of our country . He fought for principles he be- lieved in . He did not back down under ...
... duty to his fellow man . " Idealism was the great motivator of JOHN EAST . He came to the Senate in my class . He came to contribute to the progress of our country . He fought for principles he be- lieved in . He did not back down under ...
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... duties as a Member of this body and represented the people of North Carolina . Throughout his life , JOHN EAST possessed a tenacious re- solve that enabled him to triumph . He forever embraced the strong moral convictions and high ...
... duties as a Member of this body and represented the people of North Carolina . Throughout his life , JOHN EAST possessed a tenacious re- solve that enabled him to triumph . He forever embraced the strong moral convictions and high ...
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... duty to our States and to our Nation . Mr. EXON . Mr. President , as we reflect upon great human tragedy , we stop and recognize that as human beings , we share great joys and great sorrows . For all of us , it is not if we will have ...
... duty to our States and to our Nation . Mr. EXON . Mr. President , as we reflect upon great human tragedy , we stop and recognize that as human beings , we share great joys and great sorrows . For all of us , it is not if we will have ...
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Page 4 - O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Page 4 - Father almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting Amen.
Page 80 - Long, long be my heart with such memories filled! Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled, You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling round it still.
Page 5 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 80 - Man, that is born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 91 - Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the resolution. The previous question was ordered. The resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr.
Page 3 - I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Page 51 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 4 - Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
Page 92 - The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.