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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
bric-a-brac, but making one day an excursion to Lagrange, the home of Lafayette, In his lecture on Lafayette, Nov. 30, 1860, he described this visit. (Works, vol. v. p. 375.) The writer made a visit to Lagrange in 1882, when he found the chateau and grounds as Sumner described them, except that the ivy planted by Charles James Fox had been killed by the severe frost of the previous winter. in company with a friend, probably Joseph Lyman. Here he was most graciously received by Madame de Lasteyrie. Just before leaving the city he wrote to theodore Parker, then at Neuchatel: I had intended, dear Parker, to quit this world of Paris to-day; but the incidents of packing and purchases are against it. I go to-Morrow, stopping at Amiens to enjoy its mighty cathedral, and then to London. For several days I have been torn and devoured by desires that have grown by what they fed on,—at shops on the quais, and collections of engravings. I have yielded, till I stand aghast at my e