. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . QUINCY FAMILY. 91 eloquent and high-toned principles of his distin-guished grandparent, and of the noble patriotismof the long line of Quincys. In Mr. Quincjs brief speech at the dinner tableafter the re-interment, April 19, 1835, of the menkilled in the Battle of Lexington, whose remainsat this time, after an eloquent address by EdwardEverett, were placed in a sarcophagus under themonument in that town, I was impressed with hisearnest, though modest and dignified manner, andhis spirit so in harmony with that of the pr
. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . QUINCY FAMILY. 91 eloquent and high-toned principles of his distin-guished grandparent, and of the noble patriotismof the long line of Quincys. In Mr. Quincjs brief speech at the dinner tableafter the re-interment, April 19, 1835, of the menkilled in the Battle of Lexington, whose remainsat this time, after an eloquent address by EdwardEverett, were placed in a sarcophagus under themonument in that town, I was impressed with hisearnest, though modest and dignified manner, andhis spirit so in harmony with that of the proto-martyrs whom we that day commemorated. Byrequest I had prepared the sentiment intended todraw from him what followed. It was in thesewords : — Josiah Quincy, Junior, who died April 26, 1775,among the first-born of the champions of American Lib-erty : like the martyrs whose memory we this dayvenerate, he saw but the dawn of that light he prizedhigher than life. His sons come to honor, but he know-eth it not. Peace to his ashes! Mr. Quincy, then President of Harvard
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