"Under that stone lies buried the body of a man who never in his life
loved but one woman, but ONE woman. Now, THAT is a fact which ought to
have been recorded about him for it is not merely a string of names
that is wanted, but a narrative of deeds. Yes, I have not only a
desire, but a RIGHT, to know the lives which men have lived, and the
works which they have performed; and whenever a man leaves our midst we
ought to inscribe over his tomb full particulars of the 'cross and
burden' which he bore, as particulars ever to be held in remembrance,
and inscribed there both for my benefit and for the benefit of life in
general, as constituting a clear and circumstantial record of the given
career. Why did that man live? To the question write down, always, the
answer in large and conspicuous characters. Eh?"