Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sprague” in chapter 5, page 81 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1:
...s vindication of the bigotry and intolerance of our ancestors was the best I ever heard, and was too good for them.
His delivery, also, was fine,—full, loud, energetic, frequently eloquent.
Sprague 's poem was beautiful; its most prominent parts were on the Indians.
There was an immense procession to the
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