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found among the lowly, the faithfulness of servants, the good ambition of working people to do their best with hammer and saw, with needle and thread.
He earnestly desired that people of all degrees, high and low, rich and poor, should enjoy the blessings of civilization, should have their position of use and honor in the great human brotherhood.
And it was this sweet and sincere humanity of heart which gave him so wide and varied a sphere of influence.
He could confer with the cook in her kitchen, with the artisan at his task, with the convict in his cell, and always leave behind him an impression of kindness and sympathy.
I have often in my mind compared society to a vast orchestra, which, properly led, gives forth a heavenly music, and which, ill conducted, utters only harsh and discordant sounds.
The true leader of the orchestra has the music in his mind.
He can read the intricate scroll which is set up before him; and so the army of melody responds to his tap, and instrument after instrument wakes at his bidding and is silent at his command.
I cannot help thinking of Governor Andrew as such a leader.
In his heart was written the music of the law of love.
Before his eyes was the scroll of the great designs of Providence.
And so, being at peace in himself, he promoted peace and harmony among those with whom he had to do;
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