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Charles Eliot Norton, 28 April 1893

Manuscript letter

"So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,'
The youth replies, 'I can.'"

Charles Eliot Norton.
28 April, 1893.

[Lines excerpted from poem "Voluntaries" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, October 1863.]

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers (1002)

Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1972 (bulk dated: 1850-1950)
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2023/07/18

04/28/1893

Manuscript letter in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-121#015)

Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908)

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