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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 4 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 23: (search)
y finite self above! Purge vanity away, and the weak care That name or fame of me may widely spread: And the deep wish leave burning in their stead, Thy blissful influence afar to bear,— Or see it borne! Let no desire of ease, No lack of courage, faith, or love, delay Mine own steps in that high thought-paven way In which my soul her clear commission sees: Yet with an equal joy let me behold Thy chariot o'er that way by others roll'd I To Professor Louis Agassiz. Boston, U. S. A., January 14, 1866. my dear Agassiz,—You have written me three interesting and important letters from Brazil, and I have answered neither of them, partly from good reasons, partly from poor; neither worth remembering now. But I think I have done exactly what you meant I should do; I have used them in every way I could for the benefit of the Museum, and of your present expedition. Out of them, mainly, I have made two reports, which I suppose will be published this winter, and which I hope you will find