. Ben Hardin: his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. nce of Betsey Barbour, over her hus-band, proved most beneficent. Descended from a stock of proud andgentle blood, yet vigorous withal, reared in a home of wealth andrefinement, and worthy every honor he could win for her or himself,she had furnished not only an incentive to effort, but proved herself a lamp to his feet and a guide to his way. She curbed the excessesand rounded the angles of his character, purified his impulses and aspi-rations, and, by her loving inspiration, gave wings to his genius. Toward his ch
. Ben Hardin: his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. nce of Betsey Barbour, over her hus-band, proved most beneficent. Descended from a stock of proud andgentle blood, yet vigorous withal, reared in a home of wealth andrefinement, and worthy every honor he could win for her or himself,she had furnished not only an incentive to effort, but proved herself a lamp to his feet and a guide to his way. She curbed the excessesand rounded the angles of his character, purified his impulses and aspi-rations, and, by her loving inspiration, gave wings to his genius. Toward his children, he was fond and indulgent. He found espec-ial delight in their manifestations of sprightliness. The affection hefelt for his own offspring, begot a tenderness for all children. Harrison was an old friend—personal and political. He wasprominent as a physician, and well known as a politician. Fora while, he was a competitor of Mr. Hardin, when the latter was acandidate for Congress in 1833. About this period, a personal mis- *Mrs. Admiral Lee. I I l! 1 ! i. r ■ If m
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