ISBN: 9781231188088

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 18 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.0in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 18 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.0in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: . . . he has only struggled onward, and reached it to-day. Only one step higher! Wail ye may full well for Scotland, Let none dare to mourn for him. How shall we group his qualities The first that occurs to me is the tireless industry of that unresting hrain, which never seemed to need leisure. When some engagement brought me home in the small hours of the morning, many and many a time have I looked out (my own window commands those of his study), and seen that unquenched light burning--that unflagging student ever at work. Half curious, half ashamed, I lay down, saying with the Athenian, The trophies of Miltiades will not let me sleep. lie seemed to rebuke me even by the light that flashed from the window of his study. I have met him on the cars deep in some strange tongue, or hiving up knowledge to protect the weak and hated of his own city. Neither on the journey nor at home did his spirit need to rest. Why is he dead Because he took up the burden of three men. A faithful pulpit is enough for one man. He filled it until the fulness of his ideas overflowed into other channels. It was not enough. His diocese extended to the prairies. On every night of the week, those brave lips smothered bigotry, conquered prejudice, and melted true hearts into bis own on the banks of the Mississippi. This was enough for two men. But he said, I will bring to this altar of Reform a costlier offering yet; and he gathered the sheaf of all literature into his bosom, and came with another mans work, almost all the thoughts of all ages and all tongues, as the background of his influence in behalf of the slave. He said, Let no superficial scholarship presume to arraign Reform as arrogant and empty fanaticism. I will overtop your candidates with language. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<