Of these Mr.Fessenden was one.

He regained the vigor that carried him through those critical years of senatorial work on which his fame chiefly rests; yet he always felt that he had been irreparably injured by the insidious attack.

The irritability and impatience which he occasionally displayed in public and in private came undoubtedly from suffering which he bore with heroic endurance through the years when his public burdens were heaviest.
-- His death was announced by his successor, Lot M.Morrill, who delivered an appreciate eulogy upon his character and public service.
Mr.Sumner bore testimony to the greatness of his career in the Senate.
"All that our best generals were in arms, Mr.Fessenden was in the financial field," said the Massachusetts senator.

Describing Mr.
Fessenden's "extraordinary powers in debate--powers which he commanded so readily," Mr.Sumner said, "His words warmed as the Olympic wheel caught fire in the swiftness of the race.

If on these occasions there were sparkles which fell where they should not have fallen, they cannot be remembered now." This reference was well understood.