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Article: Muskie Buried Amid Tributes to Environmentalism; At Emotional Service, Former Secretary of State Also Recalled for Integrity, Statesmanship
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- The Washington Post
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- March 31, 1996
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Edmund S. Muskie, of Maine, was laid to rest yesterday, on a
cool, still day that carried both the promise of spring and a rich
sense of how much one life can achieve, even if not every promise is
realized.
"Of all the people I've known, no one was better qualified to
be president of the United States," said Jimmy Carter, under whom
Muskie served in 1980 as secretary of state, his highest office.
Yet, Carter added, "I don't believe anyone has contributed as
much to Americans' quality of life."
Muskie, 81, who died Tuesday, was eulogized at a heavily
attended Bethesda funeral Mass as a passionate, erudite and deeply
feeling politician, a mischievous grandfather and an inspiration ...
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