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29th (search for this): chapter 4
scenes of Burgoyne's retreat and surrender, and visited the fort, the battle-field, the house occupied by Burgoyne as Headquarters, the room where Frazier died, and the place where he was reputed to have been buried. Thence, in the heat of the day, he walked to the Springs, where, joining Babcock, he took lodgings at Montgomery Hall, instead of Congress Hall, which was then chief among the hotels. The next morning (28th), he subscribed for a day at the Reading Room. Leaving Saratoga on the 29th, at four in the morning, they walked to Ballston, where Babcock took the stage for Schenectady, on his way to Utica. Sumner, now left alone, still persevered, arriving at the Erie Canal, about two o'clock, just at the famous aqueduct over the Mohawk; thence walking on the tow-path, passing Cohoes Falls, numerous locks, and the junction of the Erie and Champlain Canals, and reaching Troy about six P. M., and (still following the canal) Albany about sundown, —making thirty-seven miles on foot
January 21st (search for this): chapter 4
after available for use. His facility in remembering and quoting choice extracts—too great, perhaps—was thus early developed. He stood among the best in forensics. In history and belles lettres he was also among the foremost. An illustration of his industry in this department may here be given. The students attending Professor Ticknor's lectures were each provided with a printed syllabus of leading dates and events. Sumner attended, in his Sophomore year, the French course, beginning Jan. 21, and ending March 22, 1828. After each lecture, he wrote out from brief memoranda full notes, to which he added an index, the whole filling a book of one hundred and fifty pages. His memorandum-book, and also his copy of the syllabus of the lectures on Spanish literature with his pencil interlineations of the lecturer's points, are preserved. The lectures are reported with such clearness and fulness, and such fidelity to the instructor's style, that they might be now read with advantage
June (search for this): chapter 4
ich he had prepared. It gives a humorous account of a bore, who, by his presence, had unconsciously obstructed for a while a meeting of The Nine; and notes the attitude of two members, who lay during the evening on the bed, like Abelard and Eloisa on their monument. Sumner competed for the Bowdoin prize in his Senior year, the subject being, The Present Character of the Inhabitants of New England, as Resulting from the Civil, Literary, and Religious Institutions of the First Settlers. In June, he sent in his dissertation, signed, A Son of New England; and, in August, received the second prize of thirty dollars. The committee of award were John Pickering, George Ticknor, and Rev. John G. Palfrey. The tradition is that Sumner's dissertation suffered in the comparison from its great length. Its style, while well-formed, lacks the felicity of expression and fastidiousness in the choice of language which mark his compositions in mature life. In method, it is manly and serious, never
July 21st (search for this): chapter 4
arnet, who cordially welcomed the visitors and refused compensation for their entertainment. It was not to visit the iron-works or to see the condition of the village, that we were induced to come in this direction. We came to visit a spot hallowed in American history,—to tread that field sacred to liberty, where the cause of the colonies first began to brighten. We came upon a pilgrimage, not to the shrine of a prophet, but to one of the shrines of our country's glory. The journal of July 21, 22, and 23, varied and added to, was printed in the Boston Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, Nov. 20 and Dec. 3, 1829. Very early the next morning (22d), their host explained to them, on the ground, the positions and movements of the hostile forces; and these Sumner recorded with particularity. Leaving the house of Mr. Barnet, as early as six in the morning, the party breakfasted, after a walk of six miles, at Whitecreek, in New York. For three successive nights we have slept in three d
July 22nd (search for this): chapter 4
who cordially welcomed the visitors and refused compensation for their entertainment. It was not to visit the iron-works or to see the condition of the village, that we were induced to come in this direction. We came to visit a spot hallowed in American history,—to tread that field sacred to liberty, where the cause of the colonies first began to brighten. We came upon a pilgrimage, not to the shrine of a prophet, but to one of the shrines of our country's glory. The journal of July 21, 22, and 23, varied and added to, was printed in the Boston Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, Nov. 20 and Dec. 3, 1829. Very early the next morning (22d), their host explained to them, on the ground, the positions and movements of the hostile forces; and these Sumner recorded with particularity. Leaving the house of Mr. Barnet, as early as six in the morning, the party breakfasted, after a walk of six miles, at Whitecreek, in New York. For three successive nights we have slept in three differen
July 23rd (search for this): chapter 4
dially welcomed the visitors and refused compensation for their entertainment. It was not to visit the iron-works or to see the condition of the village, that we were induced to come in this direction. We came to visit a spot hallowed in American history,—to tread that field sacred to liberty, where the cause of the colonies first began to brighten. We came upon a pilgrimage, not to the shrine of a prophet, but to one of the shrines of our country's glory. The journal of July 21, 22, and 23, varied and added to, was printed in the Boston Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser, Nov. 20 and Dec. 3, 1829. Very early the next morning (22d), their host explained to them, on the ground, the positions and movements of the hostile forces; and these Sumner recorded with particularity. Leaving the house of Mr. Barnet, as early as six in the morning, the party breakfasted, after a walk of six miles, at Whitecreek, in New York. For three successive nights we have slept in three different States
August (search for this): chapter 4
resence, had unconsciously obstructed for a while a meeting of The Nine; and notes the attitude of two members, who lay during the evening on the bed, like Abelard and Eloisa on their monument. Sumner competed for the Bowdoin prize in his Senior year, the subject being, The Present Character of the Inhabitants of New England, as Resulting from the Civil, Literary, and Religious Institutions of the First Settlers. In June, he sent in his dissertation, signed, A Son of New England; and, in August, received the second prize of thirty dollars. The committee of award were John Pickering, George Ticknor, and Rev. John G. Palfrey. The tradition is that Sumner's dissertation suffered in the comparison from its great length. Its style, while well-formed, lacks the felicity of expression and fastidiousness in the choice of language which mark his compositions in mature life. In method, it is manly and serious, never trivial, but wanting in condensation. He was, as a living classmate rema
October 29th (search for this): chapter 4
re Hopkinson, Stearns, Sumner, Browne, Warren, Worcester, Appleton, Carter, and McBurney. They met in each other's rooms, read essays, and each in turn made up a record, generally of an amusing kind, to be read at the next meeting. On Nov. 2, 1829, Sumner read, in 22 Holworthy, Hopkinson's and Carter's room. an essay on the English Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, which he had just published in a newspaper, with the signature of Amicus. Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot, Oct. 29, 31. It is a historical account of their origin and methods of administration and instruction. On the evening of March 1, 1830, he read the record of the previous meeting, which he had prepared. It gives a humorous account of a bore, who, by his presence, had unconsciously obstructed for a while a meeting of The Nine; and notes the attitude of two members, who lay during the evening on the bed, like Abelard and Eloisa on their monument. Sumner competed for the Bowdoin prize in his Sen
October 31st (search for this): chapter 4
kinson, Stearns, Sumner, Browne, Warren, Worcester, Appleton, Carter, and McBurney. They met in each other's rooms, read essays, and each in turn made up a record, generally of an amusing kind, to be read at the next meeting. On Nov. 2, 1829, Sumner read, in 22 Holworthy, Hopkinson's and Carter's room. an essay on the English Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, which he had just published in a newspaper, with the signature of Amicus. Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot, Oct. 29, 31. It is a historical account of their origin and methods of administration and instruction. On the evening of March 1, 1830, he read the record of the previous meeting, which he had prepared. It gives a humorous account of a bore, who, by his presence, had unconsciously obstructed for a while a meeting of The Nine; and notes the attitude of two members, who lay during the evening on the bed, like Abelard and Eloisa on their monument. Sumner competed for the Bowdoin prize in his Senior yea
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riable round of bells and recitations, of diggings and of deads! Mathematics piled on mathematics! Metaphysics murdered and mangled! Prayer-bells after prayer-bells; but, worse than all, commons upon commons! Clean, handsome plates, and poor food! By the way, the commons bell rung fifteen minutes ago. If I don't stop, I shall lose the invaluable meal. Accordingly, adieu. Charles Sumner. N. B.—Spare me! Oh, spare me! Eheu me miserum! ai>= ai>= du/stanos e>gw/! Soph. Oed. Tyr. 1307, 1308. I arrived too late; lost my breakfast; got to University, however, soon enough to be present at one of Follen's lectures. This was the unkindest cut of all. Again, adieu. C. S. The third, beginning with an extract from Shakspeare, contains a full narrative of the suicide of a student, who shot himself about a third of a mile from the colleges, on the Craigie Road, about where the bushes are. It moralizes on the evil courses and fatalistic notions of the young man, and the ra
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