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"You die, but in your death life gr-o....s drrteneer-j
You shall not know the shame of growing old;
In endless joy you 'W8VA
the holy censer-,
And blow the trumpet, tho' your Idps Bra cold".
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"Life ds to us a mist of imitations;
Death is 8. flood that ehove U~ where we trod ;
You, follo....ing nobly for the righteous nations ,
Reveal the unknown , the unhoped for, face of God" .
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"After long toil your l abor s shall not perish;
Through grateful generations yet to C0.1I8 ,
Your ar-dent. ge atur-e , dying, love shall cherish,
As Ii ke a beacon you shall gnide ue home'",
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Li eut-Commander Bernard l>iatheson Harvey R.N . was born Rt llCln!~ac!1 J st . J ohn' 5 ,
NfLd , on the I~th . July, 1882, and was the youngest son , but one, ~f the late Hon,
A. v , Harvey, and brother of the Hon . John yarvey, of St. John1s:: Beine f ond of
.,,-- out~oor~~por£'8, "and hAvin7"n~ffab~ ' di ~~ o;i t i o n , he va s popul ·-..dth hitl ' ~ chool ~_ :-~~
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mates and acquaintances. There 1~ a tradition i n Europe thet Engiand's nava l and
military heroes are developed on EngliBh playing fieldf;.
Commander- Harvey' s oaree
r appear:'! to i ndi ca t e t.het, t he play- fields of Nevfound'Land can also deve dop
her-oes , The pr-esent, war pr-omdees to plainly show that . Young Bernard Har-vey
a t t e nded Ddehop F'i e Ld College , wher-e he w..." pr-epared for H.1-! .S . Britannia by Dr .
Lloyd. He passed direct into the Britannia. in 1896, and obtained hi s Nava l Cadeb-.
shfp in 189 8 . He served in H .J~ .S. F'Ior-a in South Amer-Lcanvat.er-s , Then he became