The certified points of merits of this work conclusively place it foremost as the standard popular biography of Henry Ward Beecher.
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"Altogether it is a valued contribution to Beecher literature."—New York Herald.
"It will give to many a far better and truer conception of Mr. Beecher than they before possessed."—Christian Inquirer, New York.
"All in all it is the best summing up of the life and character of this great preacher and orator that I have ever read."—Hon. Nelson Dingley, Washington, D. C.
"I am especially pleased with the chapters relating to the famous trial. The subject is handled very delicately, and at the same time thoroughly vindicates the pastor of Plymouth Church from all intentional wrong doing."—Francis M. Clark, D.D., Pres. Soc. of Christian Endeavor, Boston.
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"A well written biography."—New York Sun.
"Lucid and sympathetic."—New York Tribune.