Word: believeth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Matter of Opinion. Other Southern states sent envoys to plead delay. Florida's Attorney General Richard Ervin quoted Isaiah: "He that believeth, shall not make haste." North Carolina's Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake referred to an old case. "This court," said he, "allowed the city of New York four years ... to decide what to do with its garbage." Texas' Attorney General John Ben Shepperd drew a laugh by citing a public-opinion poll, which showed that 45% of sampled Texans are dead set on keeping segregation, only 14% favor desegregation. The same polling agency, said Shepperd...
...hearse rolled up to the door. Eighteen honorary pallbearers formed a double line while eight old friends carried in the casket. Old Jim walked behind the casket, hat in hand, a properly sad expression on his weather-beaten face. The preacher began his text: "He that believeth in me though he be dead yet shall he live." Old Jim turned, beaming, to a friend. "Ain't that guy a preaching fool? I'm gonna set him up for life." Tears gathered in his eyes when the recorded strain of Beautiful Isle of Somewhere floated out over the armory...