all things else, did be swerve from his Northern principles in this
final scene? But his error was a generous one, since he fought for what
he deemed the honor of New England; and, now that death has paid the
forfeit, the most rigid may forgive him. If that dark pitfall--that
bloody grave--had not lain in the midst of his path, whither, whither
might it not have led him! It has ended there: yet so strong was my
conception of his energies, so like destiny did it appear that he should
achieve everything at which he aimed, that even now my fancy will not
dwell upon his grave, but pictures him still amid the struggles and
triumphs of the present and the future.

1838.