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High school class valedictorian Alem Hadzic was unusually somber before delivering his commencement speech on May 16. “People were coming over to wish me luck and I was kind of blowing them off ...
"Now, God be with you, my dear children; I have breakfasted with you, and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ this night." [11]: 22–23 [note 82] — Robert Bruce of Kinnaird, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (27 July 1631) Death of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom.
All graduation speeches are meant to inspire and encourage, but one convocation speaker, a graduate himself, has set the bar with a powerful speech that everyone should hear.
A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral.Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Advice to the Young (Seven Stories Press) is a 2013 collection of nine commencement speeches from Kurt Vonnegut, selected and introduced by longtime friend and author Dan Wakefield. [1] After the publication of his novel Slaughterhouse-Five brought him worldwide acclaim in 1969, Kurt Vonnegut became one of America's most popular graduation ...
In memoriam. During Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial service, son-in-law Ben Smith-Petersen shared a tribute from his wife, Riley Keough. Lisa Marie Presley's Quotes About Motherhood: 'My Fave ...
The poem describes the thematic hardships of the journey: the grief of separation, the itching of longing, and the torment of death. [10] The ballad Ji Waya La Lachhi Maduni is a tragic song based on a Newa merchant, his mother, and his wife. The merchant is about to leave Kathmandu for Tibet on a work.
'Regardless of what has happened to me,' she asserted, 'I show up, and I show out.'