Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-01
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 the civic banquet board, whsre politicians gathered, and ate the bread there served. without carping at it's quality. He cheerfnlly passed the=deiicacies 10 the Selsn1oring guests without first helping himself, and if the dish came back emp ef, as 1t generally did. he never com plai7ed- He helped others 10 secure Fome coveted positions of honor ani trust which they filled passing we'll a but they seldom helped him-he never asked them to do so-and he did not help himself. Hence, his name is not written high on the scrool of fame. Yet he was intrinsic ally. great There Is a greatness that we call innate-that inheres in fine per son--and there is greatness that is con ferred from without. ~ The greatness tiliat exists in the person survives; 1t will cross the final tide: but the ereatness that is conferred will stop at ;he waters edge. D. s. Day was personally greet He was forceful he was intellectual he was faithful he was honest is.s sras | stalwart and true. Like tue City of | God. he stood four-square He was a competent and resourceful lawyer who served his clients we'll He was csn-en- ial and democrStic in hls contact with his ssfellow men. He never drew d liue of distinction on account of color, Or race. or the size of bank account He te- lteved that in that country beyond the stars there will be no caste: and no prestige of manufactured greatness: that no artificial barriers will separate m the cline where. earthy- glory fades. and STeslth, no longer dictates its own terms. He did not believe it is a crime to be irich, or a virtue to be poor, but he knew lthat in this life money talks" that 1t is sometimes deaf. but never dumb. but The believed that in the other it will be mute where character has the floor and the gold of the Indies will not buy as much as the widows mite.
 Today we construct a kind of mental figure of him Us we knew nirs.. and others knew him, and place it in the s.Ic-td lcrypt where other figures stand, to meet the gaze of future generations when we have disappeared. The hgnre may lack detail-it may be incomplete. may be overdrawn, but it corresponds in some degree to the man we knew as he crossed life's solemn stage.
 Mr. Day was born July -th. lSs5, tn, last year of Andrew Jacksol's admins tration. He died, as the minutes show
 on the second of August aster a life o
 eighty-five years. He came to thii
 world and departed from 1t in the cheer
 full summer time when fields and noun
 tain sides are green: he came and lef , amid the scent of summer flowers bu , he left with the snows of winter on hi head He had taken life's seven steps ] To use another's phrase, ''In him tn four seasons were complete and sprini 5 could never come again. But when tn r sun had set and the shades of evenin we're merging into night, almost it seem
 ed the end of <erfect Day"
 Many years ago I conversed with on who had lived in Colchester when Judg e Day was young, and who knew him vel n Our talk was mair4Y of him, and on curious remark of my acquaintance ha bridged the gap of time He said, ~Whe clients come Day always tells them to ssi
 tie and keep out of law" Strange ae vice for a lawyer yet not without scriT
 tural authority Settle with thine as
 versary quickly was the counsel of Il
 wisest of mankind.
 T. Erastus S Day was by nature cor 7 ciliatory and pacific. He delighted ,' compromise as the continuation of tf i' diplomatic art But he wanted honorab compromise He was no money-chang,
 in the Temple where principles al !. :. bought and sold, and he despised tf ' cheap barter of the market place. H
 motto was: ITO your God. your countr. . tially a peacemaker; and the peacemai ' CT ranks high in New Testament liter; !, ture. Christ said on the Mount - Olive. Blessed are the pure in heart f' :. they shall see God''s; but he said of u 7 peacemakers. They shall be called Il v children of God"