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petrified orthodoxy and the petrified church he is
often happy and true. But I think that people may say
of him as somebody said about a greater man, Luther,
"Il a bien critiqué mais pauvrement doctriné." Parker,
however, is serious in his investigation and speaks
out his thoughts honestly, and that is always a great
merit. More we can hardly desire of a man. Beyond
this he is said to be good, to do much good, and I
believe that from his kind and beautiful eyes. In
short, I like the man.
The next day I was taken to Cambridge, to the
Lowells, from whom I had received an invitation
through Mr. Downing, who had written to the poet of
the pleasure which his writings had given me. There
I have now been a week, and I shall remain yet a
week longer; they will have me stay, and I am quite
willing, because I am heartily contented in this
excellent, agreeable home. The house and a small
quantity of land which surrounds it belong to the
father of the poet, Dr. Lowell, a handsome man,
universally beloved and respected, and the oldest
minister in Massachusetts. He planted all the trees
round the house, among which are many fine Northern
pines. The whole family assembles every day for
morning and evening prayer around the old man; and
it is he who blesses every meal. His prayers, which
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