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George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.
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.
At Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington, D.C. today, his grandson Jason Carter was among the speakers to deliver a eulogy for the late president. "I understand the impact on the world that a ...
The laudatio Iuliae amitae ("Eulogy for Aunt Julia") is a funeral oration that Julius Caesar said in 68 BC to honor his dead aunt Julia, the widow of Marius. [1] [2] The introduction of this laudatio funebris is reproduced in the work Divus Iulius by the Roman historian Suetonius: [3]
President Joe Biden delivered a eulogy at former president Jimmy Carter's state funeral today, reflecting on his life and character. "Through it all, he showed us how character and faith start ...
In his eulogy on Thursday, Lu described how Munger’s ideas about investing—and how to conduct oneself morally in a capitalist system—have made a huge splash abroad.
Have a Little Faith is a 2009 non-fiction book by Mitch Albom, author of previous works that include Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven.It is based on two separate sets of conversations that took place between the author and members of the clergy: a rabbi in a relatively affluent section of New Jersey, and a Protestant minister in a very poor section of Detroit, Michigan.
Professional mourners, also called moirologists [1] and mutes, are compensated to lament or deliver a eulogy and help comfort and entertain the grieving family. Mentioned in the Bible [ 2 ] and other religious texts, the occupation is widely invoked and explored in literature, from the Ugaritic epics of early centuries BC [ 3 ] to modern poetry .