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SUPPLEMENTARY READING.
clay to the more genial realms of immortality. He was young in
years; and, as it were, at the very threshold of his fame; and still
it is a melancholy truth, to which every heart in this assembly will
respond in painful accordance, that a mighty man has fallen among
us. Many princes of the earth have perished in their prime, sur-
rounded with all the gorgeous splendors of wealth and power, and
their country has suffered no damage. But surely it will be en-
graven on the tablets of our history, that
Texas wept when Wharton died! The
brief time permitted us to linger about
his wasted and attenuated form is insuf-
ficient to recite the testimonials of hiis
gallantry. It is enough to say that lhe
was distinguished on the field of San
dauntless spirits to the high resolve of
liberty or death; and he who could make
himself conspicuous on such a battle-field
was something more than a hero: a hero
among heroes! - for never, in the annals
of war, did braver hearts or stouter hands
contend for liberty. Many of you retain,
DAVID G. BURNET.
in vivid recollection, his burning impa-
tience for the conflict when, on the great day of San Jacinto, his
buoyant spirit congratulated his companions in arms on the near
prospect of a battle; and you have marked his gallant bearing when
the shock of arms first sounded on the plain, and the war-cry of
'Alamo' carried terror and dismay into the camp of the bloody
homicides of Goliad. Behold your brother-in-arms -a cold, silent,
prostrate corpse. No more shall the din of war arouse his martial
spirit to deeds of high enterprise. That lifeless clay would heed it
not; for the bright spirit which lately animated and adorned it has
passed triumphantly beyond the narrow bourne of mortal strifes to
that blessed region where "'wars and rumors of wars are never
heard.'"
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/212/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.