Patrick Leahy: “The day of the memorial service I read from an Italian writer. I quoted, In one sense there is no death. The life of a…”

“The day of the memorial service I read from an Italian writer. I quoted, In one sense there is no death. The life of a soul on Earth lasts beyond his departure. You always feel that life touching yours, that voice speaking to you, that spirit looking out of other eyes, talking to you, and the familiar things he touched, worked with, loved as familiar friends. He lives on in your life and the lives of all others that knew him. That was my friend, Bill Gray. Mr. President, as I told Bill and his family, I knew the day would come I would stand here on the floor in my capacity as a Senator, a capacity he helped me obtain, and that I would carry out this sad duty.”