Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . earlylife was typically that of a New England farmers boy of that the chores and duties peculiar to farm life had been done hisplace was in the chimney corner preparing the lessons for the follow-ing day. He was held responsible for a regular routine of duty, forstrict observance of the Sabbath, and for regular attendance uponpublic worship. He was fairly rugged in health, but cared more forstudy than for out-of-door sports. He was naturally fond of mathe-matics,
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . earlylife was typically that of a New England farmers boy of that the chores and duties peculiar to farm life had been done hisplace was in the chimney corner preparing the lessons for the follow-ing day. He was held responsible for a regular routine of duty, forstrict observance of the Sabbath, and for regular attendance uponpublic worship. He was fairly rugged in health, but cared more forstudy than for out-of-door sports. He was naturally fond of mathe-matics, particularly in its application to civil engineering and de-lighted in oratory, history, and biography. He made a special studyof the history of the settlement of our country and the formation ofour government and of the biographies and noted utterances of publicmen. He soon mastered the common school branches and at sixteenhe began to teach, continuing to do so until he saved enough moneyto defray the expenses of a year at the private academy in his hometown and another year at a seminary in Amenia, New York. 228. JP^(T) ^.
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