"Death is disarmed of its cruelty. "Commemoration of the Honorable Roger Minott Sherman" is a sermon delivered at his funeral on January 2, 1845. The author of this work is Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater. The book is a devoted and touching greeting to the deceased, which is full of sublime reflections on the philosophy of life and death. Each line of her pages penetrates the soul with its warmth and wisdom, reminding of the eternal paradox of human existence.