Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . 5- j~ O). IN OLD BOSTON 179 practice much more quickly than is usually thecase with young lawyers. But as yet he hadfelt no overwhelming interest in public , it was literature and literary men whichfascinated him, and when (in 1837) he went ona European tour it was Carlyle, Wordsworth,Lady Blessington and Mrs. Jameson in whosesociety he delighted, not in that of GeorgeThompson or his co-workers. Even when hereturned to Boston (in the spring of 1840) andwas welcomed back into a ci
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . 5- j~ O). IN OLD BOSTON 179 practice much more quickly than is usually thecase with young lawyers. But as yet he hadfelt no overwhelming interest in public , it was literature and literary men whichfascinated him, and when (in 1837) he went ona European tour it was Carlyle, Wordsworth,Lady Blessington and Mrs. Jameson in whosesociety he delighted, not in that of GeorgeThompson or his co-workers. Even when hereturned to Boston (in the spring of 1840) andwas welcomed back into a circle which includedJudge Story, Washington Allston, JeremiahMason, Dr. Channing, Rufus Choate, Prescott,Bancroft, Longfellow, Dr. Howe and Felton(some of whom were ardent Abolitionists) hisinterest in the anti-slavery cause was only amild one. Always, however, he was distin-guished by a fine sense of duty and by an inclina-tion to unselfish service. To Horace Mann hegave substantial aid in his efforts to improveeducational methods in Massachusetts, and he helped in such ways as he could in hiswork
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