Describes a lecture by Chapin on John Hampden. Transcription: [plea]sant to think of Alfred the Great ?s language as ones own. Another phrase pleased me. ?ǣThe best men, of the world heroes have been those of conservative nature, thoroughly heated through with liberal genious. ? This I believe. 31. Wednesday. In doors all day, save for walks for breakfast & supper. A wet and dismal day. Drawing in desultory and matagrabolized manner ?ǣHenry Hudson on the Half Moon, sailing up the North River, ? for the Lantern. Atmospherically miserable. Davis came in the Evening. April. 1. Thursday. Sun
Describes a lecture by Chapin on John Hampden. Transcription: [plea]sant to think of Alfred the Great ?s language as ones own. Another phrase pleased me. ?ǣThe best men, of the world heroes have been those of conservative nature, thoroughly heated through with liberal genious. ? This I believe. 31. Wednesday. In doors all day, save for walks for breakfast & supper. A wet and dismal day. Drawing in desultory and matagrabolized manner ?ǣHenry Hudson on the Half Moon, sailing up the North River, ? for the Lantern. Atmospherically miserable. Davis came in the Evening. April. 1. Thursday. Sunlight and blue sky. Down town, called at the Lantern & Reveille Offices. To Wall Street. [John B.] Holmes removing. Back to Office & Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 4, page 75, March 30-April 1, 1852 . 30 March 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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