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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)
y thought in such a presence. I rejoice that in 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