Worcester, December 31,1852
Last night Theodore
Parker lectured here, and we tea'd with him; he is, you know, the most eloquent
talker living; nobody compares to him in that; some are more original, perhaps,
in talking; but he knows everything, and pours it out in the most simple and
delightful way. His lecture was wonderful as a specimen of popularizing
information and thought; in this he has no equal in this country; he is far
before H. W. Beecher as a stump orator. It is a treat to see how people listen
to him.
SOURCE: Mary Potter Thacher Higginson, Editor, Letters
and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1846-1906, p. 53
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