W. M. Praed. 1802-1839

William H. Seward. 1801-1872.

There is a higher law than the Constitution.

Speech, March 11, 1850.

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

Speech, Oct. 25, 1858.

Twelve years ago I was a boy,
A happy boy at Drury's.

School and Schoolfellows.

Some lie beneath the churchyard stone,
And some before the speaker.

School and Schoolfellows.

I remember, I remember
How my childhood fleeted by,—
The mirth of its December
And the warmth of its July.

I remember, I remember.