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... to the study and reading of books. It was estimated that he had read the equal
of 6,000 octavo volumes of 400 pages each ; and his daily conversation showed
the fruits of this great enrichment. His mother was a woman of strong mind, well ...
... to the study and reading of books. It was estimated that he had read the equal
of 6,000 octavo volumes of 400 pages each ; and his daily conversation showed
the fruits of this great enrichment. His mother was a woman of strong mind, well ...
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But the idea of acquiring an education above that of a common school, found
lodgment in my mind, and the idea must become a reality. A young uncle, though
six or seven years older than myself, was going to Pembroke to complete his
fitting ...
But the idea of acquiring an education above that of a common school, found
lodgment in my mind, and the idea must become a reality. A young uncle, though
six or seven years older than myself, was going to Pembroke to complete his
fitting ...
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... necessary absence. Indeed, it was " the custom of the country " for boys to help,
and not be helped ; and money was much more scarce, valuable, and hard to get
than it is now. His mind at this time, as the end of his 20 JOHN D. PH1LBEICK.
... necessary absence. Indeed, it was " the custom of the country " for boys to help,
and not be helped ; and money was much more scarce, valuable, and hard to get
than it is now. His mind at this time, as the end of his 20 JOHN D. PH1LBEICK.
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His mind at this time, as the end of his college course was approaching, was
filled with thoughts and plans for the future. His determination and confident
expectation from the time he first went away to school up to the close of his senior
year in ...
His mind at this time, as the end of his college course was approaching, was
filled with thoughts and plans for the future. His determination and confident
expectation from the time he first went away to school up to the close of his senior
year in ...
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He was educating himself as well as instructing others, and unconsciously
bending his mind in a direction which led to the final choice of his life pursuit. He
taught first in the intervals of his fragmentary attendance at the Academy for two
or ...
He was educating himself as well as instructing others, and unconsciously
bending his mind in a direction which led to the final choice of his life pursuit. He
taught first in the intervals of his fragmentary attendance at the Academy for two
or ...
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| Title | A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. Philbrick |
| Editor | Larkin Dunton |
| Publisher | New England Publishing Company, 1887 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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