A discourse on the life and character of Thomas Addis Emmet : pronounced, by request, in the New-York city-hall on the first day of March, 1828 / by Samuel L. Mitchill.

  • Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831.
Date:
1828
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A discourse on the life and character of Thomas Addis Emmet : pronounced, by request, in the New-York city-hall on the first day of March, 1828 / by Samuel L. Mitchill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

    5/30
    A DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THOMAS ADDIS EMMET. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, One of my friends, who lately returned after an absence of several years in foreign travel, was so struck with the alter- ations made in the circle of his acquaintance, by death, during the time he was away, that he exclaimed, verily the generations of men, pass away like leaves on the trees. I look in vain for many persons, whom I formerly met in the streets and public places, and when I inquire for them, I am informed that they are no longer inhabitants of this world. Yes, said I, so it is ; though you and myself survive the thir- ty years assigned as the mean term of life's duration, and should, like the white pine and the live oak, renai'i verdant for a century or more, we must come to the ground at last. Even those trunks which are capable of standing a long time after death, monuments of majestic ruin, or decaying gran- deu& will afe. length find (he common level. Tell, said he, some facts concerning the exit of men from the stage of being, whose society you once enjoyed, but will enjoy no more. Within a brief season, 1 answered, John B. Coles, William Bayard, William P. Van Ness, Pierre C. Van Wyck, and Samuel F. Dana, have taken their departure. What is the fate of the gentlemen with whom you served in the assembly, during 1798—9 ? John Swartwout, William Denning, James Hunt, Ezekiel Robins, P. I. Arcularius and George Warner, have closed their mortal career. Have any of the select