I could be wrong, but I remember less of this critical distance in the encomia that followed the deaths of Thatcher's great contemporaries, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II. (Obviously the pope and the president received plenty of highly critical send-offs; I just mean that there were fewer dissonant notes struck in eulogies that were otherwise admiring).
As reported by Danwei, which monitors the Chinese media, microbloggers have been posting eulogies to "the people they admire most", who happen to be named Liu, and whose lives echo the Nobel prize-winner's: a table-tennis player, a famous actress, a champion hurdler, a Cantopop star and Liu Shaoqi, a former president hounded to his death during the Cultural Revolution.
According to historian Suryanath Kamath, the latter work, which is now lost, may have been a eulogy of Chavundaraya, whom the poet admired.
Just know that everyone will appreciate your efforts and admire you for having written and given a eulogy.
Beau had become a man admired by many - President Obama noted in his eulogy that Beau "made you want to be a better person.
And while the day was largely given over to eulogies for Ms. Johnson, 56, who was widely admired both for her political skills and for the strength with which she served even in failing health, her death seemed certain to plunge the county into further political upheaval.
Still, surely Evans would have admired his son's fortitude, and at Evans's funeral 13 years later, it was Sheldon who delivered the eulogy.
Damascius, whose History is the source of most details about Ammonius' life, greatly admired Aedesia for her piety and charity, and while still a young student of rhetoric he gave her eulogy at Horapollo's school.
In his eulogy for Richardson, Diderot wrote: One takes, despite all precautions, a role in his works, you are thrown into conversation, you approve, you blame, you admire, you become irritated, you feel indignant.
I admire field biologists".
