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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 15: the Circuits.—Visits in England and Scotland.—August to October, 1838.—age, 27. (search)
idea of the tone of the Lord Bishop's remarks about me, and my reply. You will understand that the occasion was a capital one for an extended speech; but when you consider the briefness of my remarks you will observe that I spoke in the presence of all that was most distinguished in science in the British Empire,—Herschell, Babbage, Whewell, Sedgwick, Peacock, Buckland, &c.; and that it well became me to confine myself to the strict duty of returning thanks. [The Newcastle Courant of Aug. 31, 1838, The Law Reporter, Nov., 1838, Vol. I. pp. 244-245, edited by P. W. Chandler, republished this report with a brief preface, in which it said that Mr. Sumner has been everywhere received in a manner highly gratifying to his American friends, but not in the least surprising to those acquainted with him. The report was also printed in the Boston Advertiser of Nov. 28, 1838. reported the speeches at a dinner of the British Association for the Promotion of Science, at which Professor Bac