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tors, divines, lawyers, jurists, scholars, inventors, doctors, 

 teachers, merchants, and farmers. But I do not think we 

 we can lay claim to more than one great prose-writer, or to 

 more than one unquestionable poet. And, surely, the county 

 which gave birth to Ha"wthor>e and to Whittier, may well 

 feel content with her production in these two departments. 

 No more, alas ! with words of wondrous melody and power 

 will Hawthorne delight the world. But the Poet yet lives. 

 Long may he live to enjoy and to sing the harmonies of 

 peace — the anthems of freedom — the triumphs of humanity! 



