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war, never disturbed the serenity of his countenance, always luminous with cheerfulness.
They were, no doubt, undermining his bodily vigor; but his devotion to public duty was such that he was well content to spend and be spent in its fulfillment.
I was present at the State House when Governor Andrew presented to the legislature of Massachusetts the parting gift of Theodore Parker, —the gun which his grandfather had carried at the battle of Lexington.
After a brief but very appropriate address, the governor pressed the gun to his lips before giving it into the keeping of the official guardian of such treasures.
This scene was caricatured in one of the public prints of the time.
I remember it as most impressive.
The governor was an earnest Unitarian, and as already said a charter member of the Church of the Disciples.
His religious sympathies, however, outwent all sectarian limits.
He prized and upheld the truly devout spirits, wherever found, and delighted in the Methodism of Father Taylor.
He used to say, ‘When I want to enjoy a good warm time, I go to Brother Grimes's colored church.’
Although himself a Protestant of the Protestants, he entertained a sincere esteem for individuals among the Catholic clergy.
Among these I remember Father Finotti as one of whom he
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