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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 21: Germany.—October, 1839, to March, 1840.—Age, 28-29. (search)
what other hopes, through the links of family and friendship, were these joined, all now broken down and crushed! And Dr. Follen Rev. Charles Follen, 1795-1840; a German patriot, doctor of civil and ecclesiastical law, lecturer in several ContinRev. Charles Follen, 1795-1840; a German patriot, doctor of civil and ecclesiastical law, lecturer in several Continental universities, and an exile for his devotion to liberty. He emigrated to this country in 1824, became a Unitarian clergyman, and was a professor in Harvard College. Both he and his wife, an American lady, espoused the Anti-slavery cause at an blow. It has since been sewed on; but he has brushed it off twice in the night. It was from this neighborhood that Dr. Follen, Dr. Follen was born in Romrod, Hesse-Darmstadt. or as he is here called Dr Follenius, came; and his death is sincerDr. Follen was born in Romrod, Hesse-Darmstadt. or as he is here called Dr Follenius, came; and his death is sincerely lamented by all the Germans with whom I have spoken. At a large supper-party last night, of professors and doctors, I communicated it. To Judge Story. Heidelberg, Feb. 10, 1840. my dear Judge,— . . . You dispose of my views about raising
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 28: the city Oration,—the true grandeur of nations.—an argument against war.—July 4, 1845.—Age 34. (search)
you, sir, the city of Boston, and still more the cause of humanity, had an advocate and an orator so superior to all temporizing motives. In the same spirit Rev. Samuel J. May wrote from Syracuse, N. Y., July 22, expressing gratitude that Sumner, according to report, had improved his opportunity so well; and the hope that he would not be disconcerted by the expressions of displeasure from pseudo-patriots and spurious Christians. Mrs. Eliza Lee Follen,—widow of the German patriot, Charles Follen, herself an American lady, devoted like her husband to the anti-slavery cause,—wrote, July 15, expressing the joy of one who had watched him with a hopeful heart for many years, and now saw him disdaining to flatter the people, and speaking to them as an honest, courageous man rebuking their sins; thus redeeming the generous promise of his youth, and acting from the faith that fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Sumner revised the manuscript of the oration, adding several not