Excerpt from Dinner, Commemorative of Charles Sumner and Complimentary to Edward L. Pierce, Boston: December 29, 1894 Dear sir, - We desire to congratulate you on the accomplishment of your great work, the Life of Charles Sumner. It will always be among the highest and most trustworthy authorities in regard to the history of the great transactions in which Mr. Sumner took part, es pecially the overthrow of slavery and the foundation of the Republican party. Three things were essential to the successful performance of this task, - loving sympathy with the great character it was your duty to portray, abso lute fidelity to truth, and literary capacity of a high order. All these you have possessed and manifested in amplest measure. Your name will always be inseparably asso ciated with the great events you have narrated, and with the character you have portrayed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.