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I Heard the Bells

Tonight we also acknowledge afew of Massachusetts finest

[APPLAUSE] Tonight we also acknowledge a
few of Massachusetts finest

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Tonight we also acknowledge a few of Massachusetts finest.
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10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:18:58
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, family
Production
Sight & Sound Theatres

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The inspiring story behind the writing of the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Chief among them a man who just five years ago lay near death - I Heard the Bells 00:09
Chief among them a man who just five years ago lay near deat...
Beaten with the cane of a slave-holding congressman, - I Heard the Bells 00:16
Beaten with the cane of a slave-holding congressman,
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Charles Sumner. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Charles Sumner.
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Already enshrined as America's poet - I Heard the Bells 00:15
Already enshrined as America's poet
The New York Evening Post casts Longfellow - I Heard the Bells 00:08
The New York Evening Post casts Longfellow
Like Thomas Paine of the Revolution, - I Heard the Bells 00:14
Like Thomas Paine of the Revolution,
It was reported that over 10,000 copies of his works - I Heard the Bells 00:14
It was reported that over 10,000 copies of his works
[LAUGHS] So who is this man? - I Heard the Bells 00:06
[LAUGHS] So who is this man?
He is New England's very own Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. - I Heard the Bells 00:08
He is New England's very own Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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Smile, nod. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Smile, nod.
Cheer and calm the wildest woe and stay the bitterest tear. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
Cheer and calm the wildest woe and stay the bitterest tear.
But even Henry Longfellow cannot stay those bitter tears when it - I Heard the Bells 00:11
But even Henry Longfellow cannot stay those bitter tears whe...
Longfellow's poems on slavery have helped - I Heard the Bells 00:08
Longfellow's poems on slavery have helped
I have chosen one of these poems to be - I Heard the Bells 00:14
I have chosen one of these poems to be
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Josiah Wilson. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Josiah Wilson.
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The pages of thy book, I read. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
The pages of thy book, I read.
And as I closed each one, my heart, responding, - I Heard the Bells 00:12
And as I closed each one, my heart, responding,