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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 4 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 19: another European trip (search)
be publicly rewarded as the best girl of her town or village. This honor was accompanied by a gift of some hundreds of francs, intended to serve as the marriage portion of the young girl. I gladly accepted the ticket of admission offered me by M. Passy, the more as he was to be the orator of the occasion, fixed for a certain Sunday afternoon. After a brief railroad journey I reached the small town, the name of which escapes my memory, and found the notables of the place assembled in a conveed to me whimsical that I should come to an obscure suburb of Paris to hear of this. At home I had never heard it mentioned. Mrs. Eustis, Dr. Channing's daughter, on being questioned, assured me that she perfectly remembered the occurrence. M. Passy presented me with a volume of his essays on questions of political economy. Among the topics therein treated was the vexed problem, Does expensive living enrich the community? I was glad to learn that he gave lectures upon his favorite science