Show tho or a ve of theodore mr cogswell of the doil cord K H janior JA in a letter to that paper writes AS follows on the eastern side of florence in the wide street which take the namo of principle on the north and principe eugenio on the bouth is an ofal inclosure tn of perhaps an acre or of landa known aa the protestant cemetery it was originally a small hill the centre being some thirty or forty feet above the present grade ft the streets and surmounted with a cross in this cemetery lies the remains of many foreigners who have died in florence in the past quartet of a century and many of of eminent persons the eminent american is the odorth and within a few feet of his grave lid ho remains of richart hildreth the historian aid only a few rodd away of joel T biar the sculptor aboul half way up alie side of the hill on its east slope and tho second one from the crosswalk cross walk beneath the shadow of a cypress tree is the grave of theodore A gray headstone about at feet high by 21 feet wide end inches thick on a bare stone a little thana toot high bears th n inscription theodore parker born at Lexing toni assa chua etts united states of america august 24 1810 died at florenice Flor erice slay 10 A narrow of the same color enclosed enc lOsea the side of the grave and the small foot stone on which rested a wreath of yellow immor telles over the grave is growing a quantity of blue violeta tg uly of the and choice varies ties of rose bushes with several buds and two partly opened at the time of our visit jan y 31 in what contrast wes this grave of one of the bosit distinguished american scholars preachers and lecturers of this country with choso on each side and indeed with nearly in the cemetery there was something sad in the breaking down of the health the journey for the restoration of it and the untimely timely death n a land of strangers of thee dorfe parker ripe ship felicitous speech innate acnam of justice love of humanity and uprightness of life before god and man dunlo hitri one of alie most foremost mun of bur century with a reputation among thinking people on both sida of tho atlantic like too many jtb e americans he too heavily upon ilia powers of endurance by ov r and increasing work and his life was the forfeit beis life went out just before lie great struggle for natt orial existence by clash commenced in our country but that each a struggle was to come he clearly foresaw the inevitable consequence of slavery which he battled o if dying day a power that ft few men possessed the that bloom above his grave are nut sweeter than was his daily life and the lillies of alie valley eliat look down to the ground and the blue violets that open to the blue sky above aro fittingly typical of his modest deportment before men and his so rene the lovo of the infinite father the grave of richard eth aho arns a simple stone inscribed with his and age but nothing to indicate his nativity or place of death over alie grave of joel T hart has recently been erected a simple monument by artist fri erid in florence where lia epolit so kaarty of the lasic of hh life |