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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 13 1 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 11 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 7 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 6 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
The picturesque pocket companion, and visitor's guide, through Mount Auburn 3 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays 2 0 Browse Search
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 10: (search)
re, as a specimen of the progress of letters in this country at the present time, and I think it will give you pleasure to look over it. To Baron Lindenau I send, by the same conveyance, a Commentary on the Mecanique Celeste of La Place, By Dr. Bowditch. which marks the limit of our advancement in the exact sciences. But everything with us makes progress. I am struck with it on all sides, since I came home, after an absence of three or four years. I wish, indeed, that in some respects ourt as the ground for your own speculations, than as anything more sure and solid. In writing to M. Legare about this time on politics, Mr. Ticknor gives what he says may be taken for the tone of opinion here at this moment, which I gather at Dr. Bowditch's old office [the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Office], where I am an unworthy vice-president, and where I meet most of the men whose affairs and opinions direct the times. The refusal of President Tyler, last summer, to sign the
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 23: (search)
osterity dearer to you than life. That we shall not be utterly ruined, I trust and believe. If we have offended against Heaven as a nation in many ways, I hope that we are not cast off altogether; and that your children and mine may continue to find a resting-place here, which—with trials, indeed, but not severer than they will profit by—may yet give them and theirs the resources needful for happiness and improvement. But it will not be the same country that you and I have lived in. As Dr. Bowditch said to me, above thirty years ago, in a manner so impressive that I remember the spot where we stood, and rarely pass it without recalling the circumstance, We are living in the best days of the republic. That the worst will follow soon does not seem to me very likely. But nations advance, and thrive, and die, like men; and can no more have a second youth than their inhabitants can. Since I have been writing, Mr. Minot has been in to tell me that he has had a letter from you to-day,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
of, I. 379 note. Boston Public Library, II. 284 and note, 299-320; G. T.'s peculiar views on, 300-303, 304, 306, 307, 316, 319, 320; building for, 308; G. T. goes to Europe for, 311-317; gifts of books to, 318 note, 319; President of Trustees, 320; interest in, 333, 388, 351, 381, 82, 400, 409, 446, 487 and note. Boswell, James, I. 53, 55 Boswell, junior, I. 58. Botta, C. G. ., 1. 164. Bottiger, K. A., I. 456, 457. Boucheron, II. 42. Bouverie, Hon. E., I. 148, 363. Bowditch, Dr., Nathaniel, I. 816, 871, 891, 405, II. 190, 464. Bowring, Dr. (Sir John), II. 66. Bradford, Charles Frederick, letter to, Il 467 and note. Brandes, C. A., I. 178, II. 325. Brandes, Dr., Karl, II. 813, 314, 331. Brassier, M., I. 501. Breme, Marquis de, I. 161, 164. Breton, General, II. 376. Bridgeman, Laura, II. 194, 195. Bright, H. A., II. 400. Brignole, Marquis, II. 114. Brisbane, Sir, Thomas, I. 419, 422. British Association for the Advancement of Science, fifth