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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
members had a decided taste and no small talent for theatricals; but from first to last, debating and oratory were the main work of the society. The lyceum, referred to in the above letter, led to the formation of the Pickwick Club, an association of Dorchester young men for mutual improvement. Of this society Thomas was an interested and active member. One of the best of his juvenile performances was an oration on The Youth of Great Men, delivered at the request of his associates, July 4, 1857. The maturity of his thoughts, the chaste beauty of his diction, and his sincere eloquence impressed all who listened to him on that occasion. The tone and spirit of this fraternal club, including, as it did, a majority not yet of age, may be inferred from these facts in its history. Thirteen of the twenty-seven active members, and nine of the twenty-two honorary members, joined the Union army. Four of the former and three of the latter died of wounds or sickness. Among those who bec