Quote from : Letters of Eugene V. Debs: 3 Vols Book

{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of , just after the news of death} We were inexpressibly shocked to hear of the sudden death of your dear and our best loved friend. Most tenderly do we sympathize with you, and all of yours in your great bereavement... Gifted with the rarest genius, in beautiful alliance with his heroism, his kindness and boundless love, he made the name of immortal. To me, he was an older brother and as I loved him living, so will I cherish his sweet memory forever.