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Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Nelson Dingley of Lewiston: Ex-Governor of the State of Maine and Representative in Congress, Delivered in Joint Assembly of the Senate and House of Representatives, Sixty-Ninth Legislature, Feb; 15; 1899 To the Senate and House of Representatives: It is with feelings of profound sorrow that I perform the painful duty of announcing to you that the Honorable Nelson Dingley, representative in Congress from the Second district, died in the city of Washington, last Friday evening, at half-past ten o'clock. For some time the people of Maine, and of the whole country, have watched with deep anxiety his brave struggle for life, earnestly praying that he might be spared for further usefulness to the nation. And as hope of recovery had begun to cheer and gladden their hearts, a sudden change for the worse ended his grand life, and put a period to his noble, practical and eminently useful career. We all sincerely mourn the loss of one so good, so just and so great, and tender our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved family. As a statesman he takes a high rank among those who have wisely guided aright the republic in its onward march, and who have written their names in imperishable letters high upon the nations roll of honor. As a journalist, a legislator, a congressman, a governor and an upright citizen, he has shown us a life and character worthy of imitation and reverence. In his long and varied career he has been scrupulously faithful to every trust and duty - just and impartial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.