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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 2: birth, childhood, and youth (search)
sed in one of his early college letters that he had not gone to West Point instead of Bowdoin,—some opportunity of appointment to the military school, perhaps through his uncle, General Wadsworth, having possibly been declined in his behalf. From a manuscript letter not dated as to year, but written, apparently, while he was a freshman. It is curious indeed to reflect that had he made this different selection, he might have been known to fame simply as Major-General Longfellow. Hon. J. W. Bradbury, another classmate, describes Henry Longfellow as having a slight, erect figure, delicate complexion, and intelligent expression of countenance, and further adds: He was always a gentleman in his deportment, and a model in his character and habits. Still another classmate, Rev. David Shepley, D. D., has since written of Longfellow's college course: He gave urgent heed to all departments of study in the prescribed course, and excelled in them all; while his enthusiasm moved in the dir
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 3: first Flights in authorship (search)
Chapter 3: first Flights in authorship It is interesting to know that twice, during his college days, Longfellow had occasion to show his essentially American feeling; first, in his plea for the Indians on an Exhibition Day, and again, more fully and deliberately, in his Commencement Oration on Our Native Writers. On Exhibition Day,—a sort of minor Commencement,—he represented, in debate, an American Indian, while his opponent, James W. Bradbury, took the part of an English emigrant. The conclusion of the exercise summed up the whole, being as follows:— Emigrant. Is it thus you should spurn all our offers of kindness, and glut your appetite with the blood of our countrymen, with no excuse but the mere pretence of retaliation? Shall the viper sting us and we not bruise his head? Shall we not only let your robberies and murders pass unpunished, but give you the possession of our very fireside, while the only arguments you offer are insolence and slaughter? Know ye, the<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Index (search)
, 242, 278, 284, 286, 292; siege of, 116; fugitive slave cases in, 206. Boston Herald, the, quoted, 184, 185. Boston Public Library, 139 note, 167 note. Boston Quarterly Review, the, 125, 126 note. Bosworth, Dr., 111. Bowdler, Miss, Hannah, 62. Bowdoin, Mrs., gives fund to Bowdoin College, 45. Bowdoin College, 17, 18, 23, 60, 61, 73; Longfellow graduates from, 37; becomes professor of modern languages at, 56; Longfellow's salary at, 64. Boxer (British brig), 14. Bradbury, James W., 19; in debate with Longfellow, 21. Bradley, Dean, 249. Brattle Street, or Tory Row, Cambridge, 117, 289. Brattleboro, Vt., 161. Brewster, Elder, 13. British Museum, 5. Brittany, 158. Brock, Thomas, 249. Brookline, Mass., 146, 284. Brown, Charles Brockden, 132, 143. Brown, John, 271. Browning, Robert, 3, 6, 216, 218, 267; compared with Longfellow, 270; Longfellow a student of, 272, 273. Brownson, Orestes A., 125. Bruges, 161. Brunswick, Me., 18, 64, 69, 82, 100,