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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 25: service for Crawford.—The Somers Mutiny.—The nation's duty as to slavery.—1843.—Age, 32. (search)
f laws which, though unwritten, are as obligatory as those engraved upon tables of stone or recorded in the statutes of the realm. All this sermonizing and exhorting will do no good, I suppose; but I have done what I could. And now, if you will, go on, neglect exercise, neglect sleep, study late and early, stoop over your table, work yourself to death, grieve all your friends and break my heart; for where, dear Charlie, at my time of life, shall I find a friend to love as I love you? Jan. 1, 1844. A happy New Year to you, dear Charlie,—the first I have wished to any one, save Julia. I want a gift, a great favor, from you. Do you promise? I know you do. Well, after you have read this, write a note to Dr. James Jackson, and ask him to name a time when he can talk a half-hour with you. Go and submit your whole case to him; tell him, if you will, that you are as strong as a bullock; that you can digest as many oysters even as Felton that you care for nothing: but tell him your
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Jan. 1, 1844. (search)
Jan. 1, 1844. A happy New Year to you, dear Charlie,—the first I have wished to any one, save Julia. I want a gift, a great favor, from you. Do you promise? I know you do. Well, after you have read this, write a note to Dr. James Jackson, and ask him to name a time when he can talk a half-hour with you. Go and submit your whole case to him; tell him, if you will, that you are as strong as a bullock; that you can digest as many oysters even as Felton that you care for nothing: but tell him your hereditary and constitutional peculiarities of body, your mode of life, your habits,—every thing. He will tell you what sort of life you should lead in order to be for the longest possible time useful and ha
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
affections, never married,—the world does not know; very likely they did not themselves know. No one, it is certain, was ever more fitted than Sumner to give and receive happiness in domestic life; and there were periods in his career when no solace would have been to him so helpful and refreshing as that of a noble woman, who could appreciate a nature so full as his of tenderness and devotion, and take a wifely interest in his public toils. Letters. To Lord Morpeth. Boston, Jan. 1, 1844. my dear Morpeth,—Midnight has just sounded. The last sands of the old year have run out. My first act in the new year is to speed to you the benediction of the season. I wanted to thank you by the last packet for the confidence you have shown in sending me the concluding summary in your Journal. I have read it with great interest and admiration, and have longed to share it with some friends who love you, and in whose breasts all its contents would be safe. I think it without quest