Excerpt from Discourse at the Funeral Solemnities, Observed at Bridgeport, Under the Direction of the City Authorities, April 19th, 1841: Commemorative of the Decease of William Henry Harrison, President of the U. States, Who Departed This Life April 4, 1841<br><br>What a prodigy is man! The more great, the more prodigious The great man of the world sees all things but truth, learns all things but wisdom, does all things but his duty, bears all things but self-denial, gains all things but peace of mind is praised by all voices except that of his conscience With every thing glori ous in life except that it is short, and soon to terminate in the grave, which he nevertheless casts out ofhis thoughts, or pushes forwards into the obscurity of a remote and uncertain future, whence of a sudden, death springs upon him from that obscurity, as a thief in the night, and hurls him in agony, remorse and despair with violence out of the world!<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.