Evening journal., 1902-08-30
DDY OF LEEI C. BIRD
NOW RESTS BESIDE 0 Their
: sDISTINGUISHED DEAD
Ccontinued From First Page).

1 ose who have been familiar with his
reer from its beginning; from the
uthful enthusiasm which gave prom
9 of the nature man as We all re-
lember him.
4 He was not an ordinary man. When
first knew him l was struck by hisI
dividuality. At Harvard Law School
was the leader. so to speak, of every
'ntest he was in, and that character
tic followed him down to death.
He was true in friendship and ex-
perant in the expression OF feeling.
D not think that any truer man in
e social relation ever lived among us.
There was nothing in the makeup
our departed friend that was mean
base. He hated sham and hypocricy
4 I'D denounced with ready zeal those
HON he thought failed short Of the
4 andard Of manhood which he lived
) to.
: 1T has been given to but few men to
3 AXE so many friends. In that respect
2 and the late Judge Whitley We're
lique. Their faults were on the sur
ce, not concealed; neither did they at
mpt to conceal them. If Mr.. Bird
)ncealed anything it was the many
q It's of kindness and generosity which
characterized his daily life. lie re-
& retted his mistakes. He loved his
lends. He was my friend and loved
& i'm"
4 John G. Rodney in seconding the
& doption Of the resolutions said:
Il desire to say a word or two in
econding the resolutions submitted.
Il am incapable of adding anything
p the graceful presentation by the
distinguished gentleman who submits
q lem.
Il think | may say that of the pract-
8 ing members of this bar have been
)nger associated with Mr. Bird than
Il ny other.
1T seems impossible for me to realize
lat since 1861 we have been thrown to-
n ether closely and intimately. In Sep
s. smber of that year entered the law
8 chool at Cambridge. Boston was fur
y ler off then than it is today. The
ivil War was breaking out and Della
Il ARE was considered almost a debate
bic ground. We We're the only stud
nts at that time from Delaware, there
pre- it may readily be imagined that ]
agerly awaited Mr.. Birds appearance
# q the lecture room and that we i'm.
81 lediately became fast and intimat,
q riends.
''He. then a youth of nineteen years
81 Osssessed those characteristics Of gooC
fellowship, lively disposition and pleas
& ng manners, which afterwards de
q eloped and made him so generally
liked and popular.
"Of his professional position l vii
# ot say a word. His record and en-
Turing fame are imbedded and will IA
preserved in the law reports of thi
state. tIa..
"Of my personal relations it is suf
N icient to say that for forty-one year
le we're thrown together most closel,
aind during that time not one word o
disagreement or disagreeableness car
e recalled by me, for it was nevel
poken.
This is a record which, while wa
making, was unnoticed by me, bu
which affords me the keenest pleasure
.OW TO recall.
'Well will it be with each one, whel
he time comes, as come it must 70
ur friends to meet in sad, but lovin
"A remembrance of us, if some on ca
tand up and repeat these words, a
ruthfully as | now speak them"
Frances II. Hoffecker Speaks
Francis II. HOffecker also reeorde
he adoption of the resolution, saying
"The gloom of sorrow once agai
,verhangs the bench and bar. Lev
;. Bird one of the best known an
most beloved members Of our profes
ion has answered the summons o
leath. His last moments were a
aim and peaceful as his life had bee
enerous and sympathetic. Those VIII
ave preceded me have expressed them
elves in such well chosen words tina
here seems nothing left to be said an
ret / felt that on this sad occasion
hould pay even an imperfect yet
incere tribute to the memory of tn
lead lawyer whom knew all my lif'
,ver admired and respected and who's
manly character l have striven
mulate.
Il will not speak of his professions
fe: of his brilliant achievements il
he practice of his profession becaus
> lis career is a part of the legal his
ory of this State. He was brilliant
lasterful and successful. The younge
members of the bar can we'll set hiI
I'D as a proper example.
zone of the most beautiful traits c
lis character; one of the most charm
Ing personalities of Mr.. Bird was hi
owe and devotion to his father an
his mother. To him that most beaut
nj of all the commandments: Homo
hy father and thy mother had
epth of meaning, and he gave willin
md ready obedience to the solemn in
junction. "a.
In early life, in young manhoot
md in his mature years he kne
{ the earthly shrine of his mother
NEE and l have no doubt that tn
|essOns he learned there made his lif
he kind and exemplary one it was
Il feel sure that no man ever doubt
d his honesty and his integrity. II
B vas a man of firm conviction an
)rcible uterance. But now the voice G
he good citizen Is silent and love an
ympathy soon Will sing the last sa
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