Statistics for occurrence #1 of “the Rev. Dr. Morse” in chapter 3, page 6 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays:
...dversity as in his wealth, he was a man of boundless and somewhat impetuous kindness, and espoused with such ardor the cause of Miss Hannah Adams, the historian, against her rival in that profession, the Rev. Dr. Morse , that he was betrayed into a share in one or two vehement pamphlets, and very nearly into a law-suit.
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