. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lesstrue that to-day Mississippi regrets the death of Charles Sum-ner, and sincerely unites in paying honors to his memory. Notbecause of the splendor of his intellect, though in him was ex-tinguished one of the brightest of the lights which have illus-trated the councils of the government for nearly a quarter of acentury; not because of the high culture, the elegant scholar-ship, and the varied learning which revealed themselves soclearly in all his public efforts as
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lesstrue that to-day Mississippi regrets the death of Charles Sum-ner, and sincerely unites in paying honors to his memory. Notbecause of the splendor of his intellect, though in him was ex-tinguished one of the brightest of the lights which have illus-trated the councils of the government for nearly a quarter of acentury; not because of the high culture, the elegant scholar-ship, and the varied learning which revealed themselves soclearly in all his public efforts as to justify the application tohim of Johnsons felicitous expression, He touched nothingwhich he did not adorn; not this, though these are qualitiesby Tio means, it is to he feared, so common in public places asto make their disappearance, in even a single instance, a matterof indifference; but because of those peculiar and stronglymarked moral traits of his character which gave the coloring tothe whole tenor of his singularly dramatic public career; traitswhich made him for a long period to a large portion of his [ 292 |.
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