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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Personal Sketches and tributes (search)
me obsolete. It is very fitting that his memory should be especially cherished with that of Hopkins and Berkeley in the beautiful island to which the common residence of those worthies has lent additional charms and interest. Death of President Garfield. A letter written to W. H. B. Currier, of Amesbury, mass. Danvers, mass., 9th Month, 24, 1881. I regret that it is not in my power to join the citizens of Amesbury and Salisbury in the memorial services on the occasion of the deaness of party politics, the great heart of the nation proves sound and loyal, I feel a new hope for the republic, I have a firmer faith in its stability. It is said that no man liveth and no man dieth to himself; and the pure and noble life of Garfield, and his slow, long martyrdom, so bravely borne(in view of all, are, I believe, bearing for us as a people the peaceable fruits of righteousness. We are stronger, wiser, better, for them. With him it is well. His mission fulfilled, he goes