Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6002313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Sarah Hughes (0000-0002-6510-472X), Sarah Forbes Hughes |
| Year | 1900 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 602-602 |
| Publication date | 1900-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1835266 |
| OpenAlex | W4302561302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
From a bust by his granddaughter, Edith Forbes, made from daguerreotypes taken about 1856."I said never was such force, good meaning, good sense, good action, combined with such domestic lovely behavior, such modesty and persistent preference for others.Wherever he moved he was the benefactor.It is of course that he should ride well, shoot well, sail well, keep house well, administer affairs well ; but he was the best talker, also, in the company : what with a perpetual practical wisdom, with an eye always to the working of the thing, what with the multitude and distinction of his facts (and one detected continu ally that he had a hand in everything that has been done), and in the temperance with which he parried all offense and opened the eyes of the person he talked with without contradicting him.Yet I said to myself, How little this man suspects, with his sympathy for men and his respect for lettered and scientific people, that he is not likely, in any company, to meet a man superior to himself.And I think this is a good country that can bear such a creature as he is
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1967 - 2007 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |