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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 1: Cambridge and Newburyport (search)
I told them the one thing that interested us in them was the capacity we saw in them of being better than they were — the vanguard of the noble catholic, reconstructive movement. But that they could never be so long as they rallied round a single theological negation, and held conventions with invitations rigidly limited to those of our denomination, etc.- In short, Sam, I spoke what I knew to be deep in your heart and mine, and more or less in that of others; I know I spoke strongly, and Fred Knapp, a good witness, said I spoke none too much. Business was waiting to come up afterwards and it was almost the end of the (adjourned) meeting, so there was no public comment on what I had said, and I had to come away and rush to the cars soon after; but I know I must have done good; and at all events showed them how the current was setting. To his mother, the young minister wrote weekly chronicles of his experiences. Newburyport, Sunday, December 28 Dearest Mother: My days, this