It was long remembered by the people of Concord.

It is said that they who heard it never forgot his beautiful figure and glowing countenance as he ended a passage of great eloquence at the close of the lecture with the words, "God for thee has done His part.

Do thine." Mr.Hawthorne had published some short stories which had already made his name quite celebrated, but his great fame was still to be gained.

He was poor and had a good deal of difficulty in gaining a decent living for himself and his young wife.
I will not undertake to repeat the story of his life which Hawthorne has told so beautifully in his "Mosses from an Old Manse." I knew Mrs.Hawthorne very well indeed.

She was a great friend of my oldest sister and used to visit my father's house when I was a boy, before she was married.