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1 day ago · Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American man of letters, physician, and one of the Fireside Poets—which included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, William Cullen ...
2 days ago · Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. saved the USS Constitution.A Boston newspaper article claimed (possibly wrongly) that the ship — nicknamed Old Ironsides for her battles in the War of 1812 — was due to be broken up and sold off for scrap.
4 days ago · Olver Wendell Holmes was just 21 when he penned his most memorable poem. It certainly saved the USS Constitutioni, but that salvation took 100 years. One of the nation's best loved patriotic poems first appeared in 1830 when the victorious frigate was only 33 years old and headed for the scrap heap. VISIT our Ironsides section for more.
2 days ago · The man’s son, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., became one of the most famous Supreme Court justices. Holmes Sr. and Smith retained a strong friendship throughout their lives.
4 days ago · The Flaneur. Boston Common, December 6, 1882 During The Transit Of Venus. I Love all sights of earth and skies, From flowers that glow to stars that shine; The comet and the penny show,
5 days ago · One Country. ONE country! Treason's writhing asp. Struck madly at her girdle's clasp, And Hatred wrenched with might and main. To rend its welded links in twain, While Mammon hugged his golden calf. Content to take one broken half, While thankless churls stood idly by.
11 hours ago · A lazy, sleepy, curious kind of chap; He, like his grandsire, took a mighty nap, Whereof the story I propose to tell. In two brief cantos, if you listen well. The times were hard when Rip to manhood grew;
