The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . e with skill, and felt ]iroud when the work was well done. He followed this pursuit until hewas of age. Thus brought up to work, his educationhad been much neglected, yet he had acquired asmuch as the country schools of New York, at thattime, usually taught. But Jerome had a desire forknowledge, and he now toiled with heartiness andperseverance to obtain money to go to an was now of age and working for himself, andwith the profits of the first year he entered theAcademy of
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . e with skill, and felt ]iroud when the work was well done. He followed this pursuit until hewas of age. Thus brought up to work, his educationhad been much neglected, yet he had acquired asmuch as the country schools of New York, at thattime, usually taught. But Jerome had a desire forknowledge, and he now toiled with heartiness andperseverance to obtain money to go to an was now of age and working for himself, andwith the profits of the first year he entered theAcademy of Mexicoville, New York. The study of mechanics seemed to come to himnaturally; the levers, screws and inclined planeswere all familiar to him, they were parts of thethreshing machine with which he had become sointimately acquainted. He made good progress inhis studies, but they had raised a spirit within himthat would not let him rest. Daily over his books,and nightly in his dreams, his inventive genius wasbusy, and the old threshing machine was ever pres-ent in his thoughts; it seemed to include, or might.
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