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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 12: Paris.—Society and the courts.—March to May, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
mission. He told me that his translation of the Consolato del Mare was the only one to be relied on; that Boucher's (which we have at Cambridge) is full of mistakes; that Boucher did not understand Catalan, and has fallen into the worst blunders. When I asked him how many volumes his collection of sea laws would make, he replied: O mon Dieu! six tomes et meme plus que cela. Affectionate remembrances to all your family, and As ever yours, Chas. Sumner. To Judge Story. Paris, May 14, 1838. I have just come from that immense city of the dead, Pere La Chaise. I have wandered round among its countless monuments; have read its characteristic inscriptions, and gazed on the memorials raised to genius, virtue, and merit. . . . You may ask then how Pere La Chaise compares with Mt. Auburn. I can answer easily. There is an interest which Pere La Chaise possesses which Mt. Auburn has not yet acquired, and I hope long years will pass away before it can assume this melancholy cro