. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. sey 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 alamp 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
. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. sey 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 alamp 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, w^hen the latter was acandidate for Congress in 1833. About this period, a personal mis- ?Mrs. Admiral Lee. ~~ ^Sm >. i I. 4 ||. 596 BEN HARDIN. understanding occurred, and they ceased to speak to or recognizeeach other for a year. Dr. Harrison had always been Mr. Hardinsfamily physician, and, somewhat singularly, this relation was not ter-minated by the breach alluded to. When in his visits to Mr. Hardins house they encountered eachother, they passed in silence. This unfriendly relation ended aswhimsically as it had been maintained. The doctor one day happenedto overhear Hardm talking very kindly and affectionately to one ofhis (Harrisons) children. My God, said he, I cant stay madwith a man that loves my children. And thenceforward their friend-ship knew no interruption. A kind neighbor and a faithful friend, yet, he was not exemptfrom dislikes, and indulged no false pretense or concealments on thesubject. Usually when at Bardstown, his time was spent in thecourt-house, at his office, at home, or at his mill. He had no place ofresort
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