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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 22: (search)
he last degree, difficult,— too difficult. But you have conquered the difficulty perfectly . . . . I will not deny that my relations with Prescott made me sensitive, and fastidious as to the character of that which must be his permanent memorial. But I am satisfied. You have done him no more than justice, but that justice is ample and complete. On the other hand, a literary man, who had not known Prescott, writes thus:— From J. R. Chorley. 76 Chester Square, Pimlico, February 24, 1864. my dear Ticknor,—. . . . I congratulate you on having so paid a tribute of friendship, as to make at the same time a welcome addition to literature . . . . The halo round the name of a distinguished author would not, of itself, suffice to maintain the attraction of a story the topics of which are few, and nearly uniform in their respective developments, from the critical period at which the moral and literary career of your friend was determined by a mere accident, . . . . and to g<