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...most striking thing in the whole room is a ghastly death mask. It is a copy of the original death mask of Oliver Cromwell, and contains quite a history. A number of years ago, the sculptor, Thomas Woolner, who is the author of the famous bust of Carlyle, presented to the historian a cast taken directly from the original death mask of Cromwell, which is in his possession. In 1873, Carlyle. in turn, gave it to Charles Eliot Norton. Later, when Carlyle left to Harvard his valuable library of works on Cromwell, which he had collected during the studies...
Orations. - Abbe, C. Avery, Bacon, Barnes, Boardman, Bosworth, Creevey, Ewing, Faxon, Field, Gallaudet, Kyle, Osborn, Runk, Wheelock, White, Woolner, Wright...
...wigwam-like tents. This book has a feature which many a freshman wishes could apply to his physics or analytics - it cannot be opened. Another interesting relic in the room is a plaster cast of Cromwell's face made from the mask taken after death by the sculptor, Thomas Woolner. After passing through the hands of Carlyle and Charles Eliot Norton, it finally found a permanent resting-place in the library in 1881. If any one has any doubt as to Cromwell's unsympathetic treatment of Charles I., one look at this cold, pale face will decide him. A more...