. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . ^ one of histeachers, an attractive youth, with auburn locks,clear, fresh, blooming complexion, and, as might bepresumed, of well-bred manners and bearing. ^ And one of his classmates thus writes : I remem-ber him (Longfellow) distinctly as of fresh, youthfulappearance, as uniformly regular and studious ini Professor A. S. Packard, still living in Brunswick, 62 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. his habits, rather disinclined to general intercourse,maintaining a high rank as a scholar, and distin-guished especially for the exce
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . ^ one of histeachers, an attractive youth, with auburn locks,clear, fresh, blooming complexion, and, as might bepresumed, of well-bred manners and bearing. ^ And one of his classmates thus writes : I remem-ber him (Longfellow) distinctly as of fresh, youthfulappearance, as uniformly regular and studious ini Professor A. S. Packard, still living in Brunswick, 62 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. his habits, rather disinclined to general intercourse,maintaining a high rank as a scholar, and distin-guished especially for the excellence of his composi-tions, as was Hawthorne also. Such was his temper-ament that it appeared easy for him to avoid theunworthy. ^ Still another says, When I first became ac-quainted with Longfellow, just after we had beendismissed from a recitation in Greek, I thought himvery unsocial; but further acquaintance showed tome that what I had mistaken for indifference, and anunwillingness to form new friendships, was merely anatural modesty. I soon found him to be one of thetruest of friends. ^ One who was not intimate with him in college,but was yet a member of the same class, informsus, that, -in his recitations, he was rather slow ofspeech, and appeared absorbed, but was almost al-ways correct, if not always. He stood high. I shouldjudge he must have been amiable in his social in-tercourse, never aggressive, but well calcu
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