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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 38 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.) 24 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 16 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays 10 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3. You can also browse the collection for Edward Everett Hale or search for Edward Everett Hale in all documents.

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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
Many who, though familiar with his reputation as a public speaker, had hitherto distrusted his ability in other directions, now admitted his intellectual power. Rarely if ever has an academic address made so deep an impression on the thoughts and aspirations of youth. On the evening of the same day Longfellow wrote in his journal: Phi Beta Kappa. A grand, elevated, eloquent oration from Sumner. He spoke it with great ease and elegance; and was from beginning to end triumphant. Rev. Edward Everett Hale wrote, September 4, to Sumner: You must have been delighted, when all was over, to remember how entirely you commanded and swayed your audience. But at the time I thought you were unconscious of everything but your subject. One of the class graduating in 1846, who heard the address, George F. Hoar, wrote in 1883: There was a large audience in the church. Mr. Sumner delivered the whole address, which I think took nearly or quite three hours. I had not, of course, at twenty ye
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 40: outrages in Kansas.—speech on Kansas.—the Brooks assault.—1855-1856. (search)
. Douglas and the slaveholding party had all along singled out Sumner as the mark of their insolence and bitterness. Candid Southerners admitted that the persistent abuse to which he was exposed was due to a consciousness of his superiority in character and in debate. Minden (La.) Herald. quoted by Campbell of Pennsylvania. in the House, July 12, 1856. Louisville Journal, May 24 In his defence of the Emigrant Aid Company, he was supplied with facts and points by letters from Rev. Edward E. Hale and Dr. Le Baron Russell, who were active managers of the enterprise; Sumner had already been in communication with them as to the memorial of the company to Congress in reply to aspersions of Douglas, and had urged that it should reject altogether the tone of apology, and assert plainly its right to assist Northern emigrants. by R. H. Dana, Jr., with whom they counselled; and by two other gentlemen, Eli Thayer and J. M. S. Williams. The last named was present during the delivery