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... both lines of his ancestors. In his character, there was never a better illustration
of the logic of heredity. Deerfield, N. H., lies thirty miles from the coast and well
within the belt of hill country. This whole region EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION.
... both lines of his ancestors. In his character, there was never a better illustration
of the logic of heredity. Deerfield, N. H., lies thirty miles from the coast and well
within the belt of hill country. This whole region EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION.
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This whole region is more attractive and picturesque than it is fertile, or
productive under cultivation. Nevertheless it is a pleasant country to live in ; but to
live, one must work, and the bounds of social and intellectual life, as in all rural
towns, ...
This whole region is more attractive and picturesque than it is fertile, or
productive under cultivation. Nevertheless it is a pleasant country to live in ; but to
live, one must work, and the bounds of social and intellectual life, as in all rural
towns, ...
Page 11
The whole school will not attend these recitations together as a class, but in
succession, four or five individuals at a time. Each composition will be read by the
teacher, with the writer by his side. It will be scrutinized word by word and
sentence ...
The whole school will not attend these recitations together as a class, but in
succession, four or five individuals at a time. Each composition will be read by the
teacher, with the writer by his side. It will be scrutinized word by word and
sentence ...
Page 12
In a letter he pleads to be allowed to remain, if not the whole term, at least until
the nth, and says he has good reason to hope that this request will not be denied
him. Such was the continual struggle which covered these four years. An odd
term ...
In a letter he pleads to be allowed to remain, if not the whole term, at least until
the nth, and says he has good reason to hope that this request will not be denied
him. Such was the continual struggle which covered these four years. An odd
term ...
Page 14
... presenting my recommendation, and was directed to two professors, to have
the business "done up." Latin went easy, as well as Algebra, but Greek did not go
quite so smooth, though my examination was on the whole by no means a severe
...
... presenting my recommendation, and was directed to two professors, to have
the business "done up." Latin went easy, as well as Algebra, but Greek did not go
quite so smooth, though my examination was on the whole by no means a severe
...
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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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