A Memorial of Charles Sumner ..."1 carbon print of a photographic portrait of Sumner by Allen and Rowell, Boston ... one of only a few that are identified by this firm."--Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 49. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 11
... felt . Powerful restoratives were at once given , external applications made , and a consultation of physicians promptly called . Through the night , stimulants were administered , but at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning , it was felt ...
... felt . Powerful restoratives were at once given , external applications made , and a consultation of physicians promptly called . Through the night , stimulants were administered , but at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning , it was felt ...
Page 18
... with corruption , no stain of suspicion ever fell upon him . However other public servants prostituted their positions for selfish ends , we all felt sure that CHARLES SUMNER would not be smirched by any dis- closures 18 CHARLES SUMNER .
... with corruption , no stain of suspicion ever fell upon him . However other public servants prostituted their positions for selfish ends , we all felt sure that CHARLES SUMNER would not be smirched by any dis- closures 18 CHARLES SUMNER .
Page 39
... felt sympathies . We can well believe that it was this generous and sympathetic nature which led him to sup- port the great cause to which he dedicated his life . My honored colleague of the city of Cambridge , my associate upon the ...
... felt sympathies . We can well believe that it was this generous and sympathetic nature which led him to sup- port the great cause to which he dedicated his life . My honored colleague of the city of Cambridge , my associate upon the ...
Page 47
... felt as a personal loss . We in Boston love to think of him as one of our boys , going to the Latin school and taking the Franklin medal , and giving an early promise of future greatness . We delight to remember that his home for many ...
... felt as a personal loss . We in Boston love to think of him as one of our boys , going to the Latin school and taking the Franklin medal , and giving an early promise of future greatness . We delight to remember that his home for many ...
Page 50
... felt the grasp of his friend's hand ; the sacred memories and personal griefs , and the quickened sense of the loss of a great and true friend , made too large a demand upon his control of voice to enable him to utter a word , and he ...
... felt the grasp of his friend's hand ; the sacred memories and personal griefs , and the quickened sense of the loss of a great and true friend , made too large a demand upon his control of voice to enable him to utter a word , and he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln American anti-slavery Boston Cambridge Law School career cause character CHARLES SUMNER citizen civil COMMEMORATIVE OBSERVANCES Committee Commonwealth COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS compromise conflict Congress conscience Constitution convictions Daniel Webster death devotion duty eloquent emancipation England faith Faneuil Hall felt force freedom friends Fugitive Slave Law GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS Government Hall hand Harvard College heard heart Henry Clay honor hour House human illustrious inspired justice knew labor land Legislature liberty Lincoln lived lofty Lord March March 13 Massachusetts memory ment mind moral mourning nation nature never noble oppressed orator party patriotism peace political President principles Republic Resolutions Senate silence slavery sorrow soul speak speech spirit spoke stand statesman statesmanship stood struggle thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth Union United United States Senate victory voice Webster words wrong
Popular passages
Page 84 - The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 81 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers ; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee.
Page 77 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what is my hope : truly, my hope is even in Thee.
Page 94 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Page 309 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 76 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Page 80 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 300 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 95 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Page 298 - I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.