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Excerpt from A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Late Hon.: Leverett Saltonstall, Delivered in the North Church, Salem, Sunday, May 18, 1845
Ihave but a word further to premise. And this is, that asi mean to make this sketch as characteristic as I can, I shall endeavor to render it thoroughly faithful, as far as it goes. I wish to present, if possible, a likeness, or rather the first lines or elements of a likeness, all that, in the providence of God, is now left to us, of our lamented friend, and not a fancy-piece. I shall stu diously avoid, therefore, all labored eulogium, and the lavish heaping up of monumental epithets, as equally unworthy of the theme and place and service. I trust that the tribute will be at least honest and affectionate honest, since a bald panegyric of such a man, it seems to me, would be no better than a blot on the escutcheon of his fair fame; and it must, of necessity, be affection ate, since it is impossible for any of us who knew the subject of it intimately, to think or speak of him but with hearts full of tenderness in the recollection of his endearing and elevated character, and now, alas aching for his loss.
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