if a man be at all of a thoughtful or imaginative cast of mind , some curious sensations are sure to come over him , upon standing in such a place , where he knows around him lie , in the calmness of death , those in whose veins have flowed kindred blood to himwho bore the same name , and who preceded him in the brief drama of his existence , influencing his destiny and his position in life probably largely by their actions compounded of their virtues and their vices .