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While i get ready for another year in singapore, i have compiled, for no reason in particular, what i believe to be the ten greatest eulogies delivered by or for famous men or women. Farewell, godspeed is a remarkable collection of eulogies for some of the most notable figures of our time, delivered by the people who knew them best. In the words used to eulogize the great and celebrated men and women of the worldsometimes reverential, sometimes. Muhammad ali full farewell the greatest boxer honored one last time esnews boxing. The desire to create an evocative portrait so moved him that he resolved to write a book about eulogies. Cyrus copeland, a former copywriter and advertising executive, is the editor of two collections of eulogies, farewell, godspeed. In the words used to eulogize the great and celebrated men and women of the world, we come as close as perhaps we ever will to seeing the warm humanity beneath their public. The art of giving a eulogy share the best stories and. Farewell, godspeed is a remarkable collection of eulogies for some of the most notable figures of our time, delivered by. The greatest eulogies of our time, and it got me thinking about death. The greatest eulogies of our time copeland, cyrus m. Jfk on poetry, power, and the artists role in society.
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