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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 4: College Life.—September, 1826, to September, 1830.—age, 15-19. (search)
n Milton, published in 1825, is referred to in the dissertation, without its author being known, as the apotheosis of the Puritans in the pages of one of the British journals. Later in life, when dealing with the great issues of right and duty, he looked with a kindlier eye on even the rugged and imperfect features of their character. Among the many tributes which grateful patriotism has paid to their memory in recent years, none is warmer and more sympathetic than his Finger-Point from Plymouth Rock. Speech at the Plymouth Festival, Aug. 1, 1853. Works, Vol. III. pp. 269-275. Two first prizes were given for dissertations on this subject,— one to his classmate Tower, and the other to Benjamin R. Curtis, who was then a member of the Law School, and afterwards became distinguished as a lawyer and judge. In the case of Curtis, more than in Sumner's, the style of manhood agrees with that of youth. The former had been one year out of college, and was advanced in his legal cour