
Let me send my little word too to J R Lowell's memory. His was the true American's and Humanity's heart in the light of his own convictions; and he wrought it out faithfully. His written pages preserve a certain altitude everywhere. As Emerson says, we are at any rate all beholden to kings and eminencies for their grand standard of atmosphere & manners, or suggestion of them.
Walt WhitmanPrivate—dear SB. since you was here I tho't I w'd like to contribute a word am'g the rest.—& you are at liberty to bring it in any way seems best for you
