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It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.

One writes to memorialize, and to bring to life again that which has been lost.

Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!

The whole memorial is for different senses... seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling. I probably would have come up with something different if I had not lived through it.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.