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HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1910). Autograph sentiment signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), June 1889. 1 p., oblong 4to, oil stains at top left and right corner, covering some words. -- HOWE. Autograph quotation signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), 6 July 1899. 1 p., 8vo. -- HOWE. ALS ("Julia Ward How") to M. H. Savage, Boston, 5 February 1900. 4¼ pp., 8vo.
JULIA WARD HOWE DISCUSSES "THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE HYMN, AS I SCRAWLED IT IN THE DIM LIGHT OF A WINTER DAWN IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON."
Two of the three pieces from Julia Ward Howe are autographed quotations from her famous "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The 1889 pieces quotes the stanza: "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free While God is marching on." The 1899 piece quotes the opening lines: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." Her 1900 letter talks about two pirated copies of her text. Of one she says, "It cannot, I think, have been written by a literary person. Such an one would never have spoken of a trumpet as beating retreat. Trumpets call, they do not beat." She refers Savage to her recently publihed Reminiscences which contains a facsimile "of the original draft of the hymn, as I scrawled it in the dim light of a winter dawn in the city of Washington." She concludes with a promise to investigate whether any of the guilty parties are still alive. "This would be a necessary first step in setting matters right." (3)
JULIA WARD HOWE DISCUSSES "THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE HYMN, AS I SCRAWLED IT IN THE DIM LIGHT OF A WINTER DAWN IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON."
Two of the three pieces from Julia Ward Howe are autographed quotations from her famous "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The 1889 pieces quotes the stanza: "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free While God is marching on." The 1899 piece quotes the opening lines: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." Her 1900 letter talks about two pirated copies of her text. Of one she says, "It cannot, I think, have been written by a literary person. Such an one would never have spoken of a trumpet as beating retreat. Trumpets call, they do not beat." She refers Savage to her recently publihed Reminiscences which contains a facsimile "of the original draft of the hymn, as I scrawled it in the dim light of a winter dawn in the city of Washington." She concludes with a promise to investigate whether any of the guilty parties are still alive. "This would be a necessary first step in setting matters right." (3)