resses upon allied topics.

His cause did much for him. For im and for his country there was deep-
seated and universal sympathy. In his case, with unimportant
exceptions, there were no prejudices, or passions, or principles, or
traditions, to be overcome. Our history, whether as exiles, as
revolutionists, or as pioneers in the cause of freedom, contributed
materially to the success of his orations and speeches. All who heard
him were astonished at the knowledge of our history, both local and
general, which he exhibited. When he came to the old Hancock House in
Boston, he mentioned the fact without waiting for information, so
carefully had he studied the features of the city in advance of his
visit. There were three persons in his suite who devoted themselves
to the preparation of his speeches,--Gen. Klapka, Count Pulszky and
Madame Pulszky. Their knowledge of Kossuth's mind was such that they
were able to mark the passages in local histories and biographies
that would be useful to him in his addresses. Those of his speeches
which were prepared were written by these assistants, to whom he
dictated the text. By their aid he was able to prepare his speeches
with a celerity that was incomprehensible to the Western mind.

His first speech in Boston was delivered the twenty-seventh day of
April, 1852, the day that he completed his fiftieth year. When in
private conversation I spoke of the circumstance that it was my
good fortune to welcome him to the State on that anniversary, he said:
"Yes, it is a marked day; but unless my poor country is saved I shall
soon wither away and die."

His voice, whether in public speech or in private conversation,
commanded sympathy by its tones, even when his words were not
comprehended. In his oratory there was exaggeration in statement, a
characteristic that is common to orators, but not more strongly marked
in the speeches of Kossuth than in the speeches of those with whom he
might be compared.

His powers of imagination were not extraordinary, and of word painting
he has not left a single striking example,--not one passage that can be
used for recitation or declamation in the schools. His cause was too
pressing, his manner of life was too serious, for any indulgences in
speech. In every speech he had an object in view; and even when he was
without hope for Hungary in the near future, he yet announced and
advocated doctrines and truths on which he relied for the political