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. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... THE PARSON'S INHERITANCE The promised visit of Senator Hoar was one of the pleasant incidents in the last year of his life. He had corresponded intermittently with the parson for a decade, searching for information upon some historical matters, and it had long been his wish and purpose to make a ...
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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. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... THE PARSON'S INHERITANCE The promised visit of Senator Hoar was one of the pleasant incidents in the last year of his life. He had corresponded intermittently with the parson for a decade, searching for information upon some historical matters, and it had long been his wish and purpose to make a little pilgrimage to the town so intimately connected with the name and fame of his cousin, Judge Roger M. Sherman. The visit, all too brief, is a charming and delightful reminiscence. There was nothing to do by way of entertainment other than to lead the honorable senator from room to room and give him free opportunity to talk. His richly stored mind yielded a very wealth of anecdote, repartee and quotation, bringing to us the priceless gleanings of a notable career. "He was one of the greatest men of New England, the peer of Mason and Webster," he said, referring to Judge Sherman. "How this old mansion brings me face to face with him!" The Sherman family clock ticking the minutes and striking the hours as it stood in the corner of the west drawing-room set the visitor's flow of monologue in a new direction. Lingering with reverent gaze before the portraits of the Judge and his wife hanging in the east drawing-room, the visitor sketched with master hand the character of this wise, staunch Puritan. "Modesty and reserve clothed him like a garment but his greatness refused to stay in hiding." Holding the small boy of the parsonage, Roger Sherman, upon his knee and placing his hands upon the child's head, "May his spirit rest upon you," was his benediction; and the Nestor of New England's public servants said adieu to the house, rich and suggestive with historic memories. It was a magnificent tribute which the Senator paid to Judge Sherman on the...
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