. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . n we were looking at St. Gaudenss splen-did statue in Chicago. Dont you remember her ? It was all so appropriate,you know, for she seemed to be almost at his feet,even though the pedestal was too high for her toreach him ; and she was playing there in suchperfect and unconscious freedom that really itseemed almost typical, as you call it, Uncle Tom. It was, indeed, my dear, Uncle Tom re-plied. I believe you re a born poet, always see the sympathetic side of things,and, after all,
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . n we were looking at St. Gaudenss splen-did statue in Chicago. Dont you remember her ? It was all so appropriate,you know, for she seemed to be almost at his feet,even though the pedestal was too high for her toreach him ; and she was playing there in suchperfect and unconscious freedom that really itseemed almost typical, as you call it, Uncle Tom. It was, indeed, my dear, Uncle Tom re-plied. I believe you re a born poet, always see the sympathetic side of things,and, after all, it is the sympathetic that is prac-tical. Here, let me give you this final bit ofverse. It is by a young poet named Cutler,who, in 1861, read this splendid war poembefore the very so-ciety at HarvardCollege that, thirtyyears after, listenedto a eulogy ofAbraham Lincolnfrom the lips of theConfederate sol-dier, Thompson. Itseems to me to fitChristines thoughtand type, as wellas the real mean-ing of our trip tothe home of thosewho made the re-public great. madison square garden and tower, new
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