Literary Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
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The anecdote of his finding himself in so oppressive a solitude when he received the news of the fall of Vicksburg is pathetic; he "screeched it through the keyhole" to his daughter; but "you, " he says, address- ing Dr. Holmes, "who were among people grim and self- contained usually who, I trust, were jailing on each other's necks in the public streets, and shouting with tears in their eyes and triumph in their hearts can pic- ture my isolation. " This is the contemporary life of those years s...till warm on the page; and many of these pages are dedicated to the joys and sorrows, public and private, of the time, in a way to deepen regret in our minds at the memory of the unmerited trials which so MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE 235 true an American heart suffered at the hands of our na- tional Government.
His estimate of the men of the war is also a close ren- dering of contemporary feeling, especially with regard to the military hope of the hour, Scott or McClellan or Grant. The most interesting of these, however, is the impression he obtained of Lincoln, whom he saw only for a short hour at the opening of the fight.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The anecdote of his finding himself in so oppressive a solitude when he received the news of the fall of Vicksburg is pathetic; he "screeched it through the keyhole" to his daughter; but "you, " he says, address- ing Dr. Holmes, "who were among people grim and self- contained usually who, I trust, were jailing on each other's necks in the public streets, and shouting with tears in their eyes and triumph in their hearts can pic- ture my isolation. " This is the contemporary life of those years s...till warm on the page; and many of these pages are dedicated to the joys and sorrows, public and private, of the time, in a way to deepen regret in our minds at the memory of the unmerited trials which so MOTLEY'S CORRESPONDENCE 235 true an American heart suffered at the hands of our na- tional Government.
His estimate of the men of the war is also a close ren- dering of contemporary feeling, especially with regard to the military hope of the hour, Scott or McClellan or Grant. The most interesting of these, however, is the impression he obtained of Lincoln, whom he saw only for a short hour at the opening of the fight.
What to read after Literary Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Woodberry George Edward to read onlineMoreLess
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