Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 to Mr. Laighton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01549 Author/Creator: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Place Written: Concord, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 August 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20.3 x 25.1 cm. Order a Copy
Regrets that he is unable to attend a meeting held at Allston Hall the following Friday, in remembrance of Theodore Parker. Emerson claims, "I do not know that I could add any facts of interest to the recollections of the occasion. Yet Theodore Parkers mind was so lavishly given to the public welfare, that I can easily see how all the new startling events in our politics may associate themselves with his memory. In dark days & amidst sinking men we miss his strength the more, and yet we cannot doubt his relief & joy in the present pronounced state of the Republic, over the so-called 'integrity of the Republic,' six months ago."
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