Famous quotes containing the words memorial and/or oration:
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Almost any noble verse may be read, either as his elegy or eulogy, or be made the text of an oration on him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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