Death and Legacy
Harris died in office on July 8, 1897. His funeral was held in the Senate chamber of the United States Capitol and he is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, where many prominent West Tennessee political figures are buried.
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Famous quotes containing the words death and, death and/or legacy:
“Death and life were not
Till man made up the whole,
Made lock, stock and barrel
Out of his bitter soul,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“There is no sorrow more grievous than the death of one’s spirit.”
—Chinese proverb.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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