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Browsing named entities in Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall). You can also browse the collection for W. H. Furness or search for W. H. Furness in all documents.
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Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To the same. (search)
To the same. Wayland, July 20, 1856.
I am extremely obliged to you for the loan of Mr. Furness's letter, which was very interesting to me on various accounts.
If I had a head easily turned, I might be in danger of the lunatic asylum from the effects of that portion relating to myself.
To have a man like Mr. Furness pronounce a letter of mine worth Mr. Sumner's having his head broken for, though the phrase be used only in the way of playful hyperbole, is a gust of eulogy enough to upset and heavy, and of late years carries much more ballast than sail.
Still, I confess I was much gratified to know that Mr. Furness liked the letter.
To my own mind, it seemed so altogether inadequate to express the admiration, respect, and gratitud heart-cheering to see a man ready to lay his beautiful gifts so unreservedly on the altar of freedom and humanity as W. H. Furness has done.
On various occasions I have felt deeply grateful to him for the brave, true words he has spoken, and what
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), To John G. Whittier . (search)
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall), Index. (search)