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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 2: Parentage and Family.—the father. (search)
ship for Russia, where he received many civilities from the Czar Nicholas and his court. From this time until 1852, he travelled, without the interval of any visit to his country, in the East and in Europe; studying languages, politics, and institutions, observing with rare diligence contemporary events, and profiting by a large acquaintance with scholars and public men. He made Paris his home, and knew French affairs well,—better, probably, than most Frenchmen. He was commended both by Tocqueville and Alexander von Humboldt for his intelligence and researches. During his residence abroad, he contributed to foreign reviews, and also to American periodicals and newspapers. His themes concerned history, philanthropy, and the existing state of nations, including affairs in the East. After his return to this country, he was, for some years, an acceptable lecturer before lyceums in the Western as well as Eastern States. On July 4, 1859, he delivered the oration before the municipal
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 7: study in a law office.—Visit to Washington.—January, 1854, to September, 1834.—Age, 23. (search)
Commentaries on the Constitution. How long is that article, and what is its purport and point? Ought it not to be presented to our public, translated? American Jurist, July, 1835, Vol. XIV. p. 247. I burn to know German, that I may at once read all these things myself, and not pester with my ignorance my indulgent friends. Can I help you about towns? Mittermaier had requested Dr. Lieber to contribute to a German magazine an article on Towns. This was prior to the publication of Tocqueville's review of the American System of Townships, and particularly of the towns of New England, in his Democracy in America, Vol. I. ch. 5. You will wish first to state in brief what towns are in England,—to get, as it were, a unit of measure; and because ours are fashioned more or less upon those models. You will then be led to state that towns are public corporations: and here explain a nice distinction of the common law between public and private corporations,—a distinction unknown to th
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 8: early professional life.—September, 1834, to December, 1837.—Age, 23-26. (search)
e worth more to you than a governmental office. I believe that you will feel yourself a stronger man when you have passed through this labor than before. . . . Yours truly, C. S To Dr. Francis Lieber. Boston, Aug. 25, 1835. my dear doctor,—The day has gone by for a degree for Mittermaier this season. He will probably receive it next year. . . . In the Revue Étrangere, edited by M. Foelix, of Paris (a correspondent of mine), is a long article on the translations of Beaumont and Tocqueville, Their Report upon the Penitentiary System of the United States.—yours, Dr. Julius's, &c.,—written by Mittermaier. An analysis of your Preliminary Essay is given, and you are spoken of in the most flattering manner. I wrote an editorial notice of it in the Advertiser of yesterday. I am determined to have your sketch of the battle of Waterloo published as a peace tract, or as an essay in some journal of the Peace Society; perhaps I shall write some introductory remarks. I feel a
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 11: Paris.—its schools.—January and February, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
American has done since James Jackson. A young physician of Boston, who, after professional studies in Paris, died in 1834, soon after his return home. Travel and residence abroad have had their best influence upon him. . . . Have you read Tocqueville's Democracy in America? During his first two months in Paris, Sumner employed his time almost solely in acquiring the capacity to speak the French language. He had studied it in college, but could not use it in conversation. Repeatedly, . March 27, 1864. From May, 1833, to the time of his death, he was Professor of French Literature in the College of France. He travelled widely, and, in 1851-52, visited the United States and Mexico. He is celebrated for his friendship with Tocqueville and his passion for Madame Recamier. See North American Review for Oct., 1875, and Galaxy for Nov., 1875, for articles, both entitled The Two Amperes. at the same college, lectured on chivalry. He was a man apparently of not more than thirty
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 12: Paris.—Society and the courts.—March to May, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
ercise; at six dines with his family, with whom he passes the evening till ten o'clock; When he retires to his study, and writes till two o'clock, his hour of retiring. It is supposed that he is engaged upon some book,—memoirs, perhaps. . . . Tocqueville has been absent from the city till last week. I shall call on him to-day. As ever, faithfully yours, Chas. Sumner. Journal. March 9, 1838. Assisted about law papers; called on M. Érard, who invited me to dine with him on Sunday next. Visited Foelix, and examined his library; with most of the books on French law I am already more or less acquainted. Next tried to find Tocqueville, but he has left the city; returned to my room, and was in deshabille;, preparing to go out to dine with a French lawyer, when my door opened and a gentleman in black, of about the middle size, rather thin, with sharp black eyes, black hair brushed smoothly, entered my room. He announced himself as M. Cousin. Victor Cousin, 1792-1867. In 1