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Wendell Phillips - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia One who witnessed this attempted lynching was a young Wendell Phillips, watching from Court Street. After being converted to the abolitionist cause by William Lloyd Garrison in 1836 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Phillips
Extractions: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Wendell Phillips in his forties Wendell Phillips (29 November 1811 – 2 February 1884) was an American abolitionist , advocate for Native Americans , and orator . He was an exceptional orator and agitator, advocate and lawyer, writer and debater. Phillips was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 29, 1811, to Sarah Walley and John Phillips , a successful lawyer, politician, and philanthropist. Phillips was schooled at Boston Latin School , and graduated from Harvard University in 1831. Afterwards, he went on to attend Harvard Law School , from which he graduated in 1833. In 1834, Phillips was admitted to the Massachusetts state bar , and in the same year, he opened a law practice in Boston . His professor of oratory was Edward T. Channing who criticized the flowery style of speakers such as Daniel Webster . He urged the value of plain talk which Phillips took to heart. On October 21, 1835, the Boston Female Society announced that George Thompson would be speaking. Pro-slavery forces posted close to 500 notices with the reward of $100 for the citizen that would first lay violent hands on him. But George Thompson canceled last minute, and William Lloyd Garrison was quickly scheduled to speak in his place. The lynch mob formed, Garrison escaped through the back of the hall, hiding in a carpenter's shop. The mob then found him, putting a noose around his neck to drag him away. Fortunately, several strong men intervened and took him to the
Holmes.html Adams, born in 1761, and President from 1825 to 1829, was a frequent visitor to the Holmes household and was a mentor to young Wendell . http://www.harvardregiment.org/holmes.html
Extractions: Supreme Court Justice Holmes' famous 1884 Memorial Day speech: "In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire" Holmes' 1895 Memorial Day speech: "The Soldiers' Faith" Holmes' resting place at Arlington National Cemetery Holmes' favorite poem: "Soldier Buried on the Battlefield" ... Other web pages about Holmes The most famous Harvard man of the Twentieth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment , Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was a towering figure in American jurisprudence, and one of the Twentieth Century's most influential public figures. Holmes the soldier served with distinction, surviving three wounds and rising to the rank of Captain in the Twentieth Massachusetts Infantry . He later served as Brevet Colonel and aide-de-camp on the staff of Sixth Corps General Horatio Wright. Holmes is of course better known as "The Great Dissenter". For thirty years, from 1902 to 1932, Holmes' brilliant intellect held sway over the US Supreme Court, and immeasurably influenced the American legal system. According to no less an authority than The Honorable Richard Posner, present day Chief Federal Judge of the Seventh Circuit, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was "the most illustrious figure in the history of American law". (Take that, Johnnie Cochran!)
