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Show Much in Little, Senator James A. McDougal was an orator who abided by Shakespeare's maxim that "brevity is the soul of wit." He could compact more eloquence elo-quence into a few sentences than other oth-er speakers diffused through long harongues. When urged to participate partici-pate In mortuary ceremonies he said: "I doubt whether or not we should mourn for any of the dead. I nm confident con-fident that there should be no mourning mourn-ing for those who render themselves up as sacrifices in any just and holy cause. It better becomes us to pralsa and dignify them. It Is true that) cities and kingdoms die, but the eternal eter-nal thought lives on. Great thought, In-. Incorporate with great action, does not die, but lives a universal life, and Its power Is felt, vibrating through till spirit and throughout all ages." |