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Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities

William Shepard Walsh

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Description:Excerpt from Curiosities of Popular CustomsAdam's Tomb. This is pointed out in a chamber, of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Mark Twain's apostrophe at the tomb is one of the most famous bits in his Innocents Abroad The tomb of Adam! How touching it was, here in a land of strangers, far away from home and friends! True, he was a blood-relation; though a distant one, still a relationl The unerring instinct of nature thrilled its recognition. The fountain of my filial affection was stirred to its profoundest depths, and I gave way to tumultuous emotion. I leaned upon a pillar and burst into tears. I deem it no shame to have wept over the grave of my poor dead relative. Let him who would sneer at my emotion close this volume; Noble old man — he did not live to see his child; and I — I — I, alas did not live to see him. Weighed down by sorrow and disappointment, he died before I was born — six th'ousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust he is better off where he is. Let us take comfort in the thought that his loss 1s our eternal gain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities. To get started finding Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 1018

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company

Release: 1897

ISBN: 0810330083

Description: Excerpt from Curiosities of Popular CustomsAdam's Tomb. This is pointed out in a chamber, of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Mark Twain's apostrophe at the tomb is one of the most famous bits in his Innocents Abroad The tomb of Adam! How touching it was, here in a land of strangers, far away from home and friends! True, he was a blood-relation; though a distant one, still a relationl The unerring instinct of nature thrilled its recognition. The fountain of my filial affection was stirred to its profoundest depths, and I gave way to tumultuous emotion. I leaned upon a pillar and burst into tears. I deem it no shame to have wept over the grave of my poor dead relative. Let him who would sneer at my emotion close this volume; Noble old man — he did not live to see his child; and I — I — I, alas did not live to see him. Weighed down by sorrow and disappointment, he died before I was born — six th'ousand brief summers before I was born. But let us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us trust he is better off where he is. Let us take comfort in the thought that his loss 1s our eternal gain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities. To get started finding Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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