. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. han to rust out, is his motto, and in his rigidadherence to this rule, and in the acknowledged purity of his charac-ter, lies the great secret of his remarkable success in life. But, wemust bring this sketch to a close ; and, as we follow him from the timewhen he first stepped upon the stage of action through all the variousresponsible positions, the duties of which he has so ably, faithfully andacceptably discharged, to his present high and honorable station in thecouncils of his
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. han to rust out, is his motto, and in his rigidadherence to this rule, and in the acknowledged purity of his charac-ter, lies the great secret of his remarkable success in life. But, wemust bring this sketch to a close ; and, as we follow him from the timewhen he first stepped upon the stage of action through all the variousresponsible positions, the duties of which he has so ably, faithfully andacceptably discharged, to his present high and honorable station in thecouncils of his native state, we cannot but commend to the youth ofMassachusetts the example of Henry W. Cushman, as worthy oftheir study, respect, and imitation.* • At a town meeting held on the 7th of March, 1853, Mr. Cushman was elected,by a large majority, as a delegate from Bernardston, his native town, to the conven-tion for revising the constitution of Massachusetts. This aflbrds the best evidence ofthe confidence of his townsmen in his integrity as a man, and the soundness ofhis principles as a politician.—J.
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