Description:Excerpt from Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and GenealogyMr. Clark's primary education was received at the district school of his native town - the tradi tional little red school house, with long, heavy, slab benches for seats; and a row of six or eight pu pils occupying each bench. As soon as old' enough, he was employed on his father's farm, in the sum mer, studying only in the winter and spring terms, but he kept up with his classes, few of those who enjoyed the full year's course surpassing him in recitations. At the age of fifteen he began attend ance at the Southington Academy, three miles from his home, walking daily six miles; and by studying evenings, easily kept up with the students who hadthe advantage of the full year's tuition. In this way he was nearly prepared for college when, in the spring of 1845, a severe attack of Ophthalmia cut short his educational career, changing, no doubt, the whole tenor of his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and Genealogy (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and Genealogy (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Description: Excerpt from Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and GenealogyMr. Clark's primary education was received at the district school of his native town - the tradi tional little red school house, with long, heavy, slab benches for seats; and a row of six or eight pu pils occupying each bench. As soon as old' enough, he was employed on his father's farm, in the sum mer, studying only in the winter and spring terms, but he kept up with his classes, few of those who enjoyed the full year's course surpassing him in recitations. At the age of fifteen he began attend ance at the Southington Academy, three miles from his home, walking daily six miles; and by studying evenings, easily kept up with the students who hadthe advantage of the full year's tuition. In this way he was nearly prepared for college when, in the spring of 1845, a severe attack of Ophthalmia cut short his educational career, changing, no doubt, the whole tenor of his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and Genealogy (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Deacon Theodosius Clark, Hon.: William J. Clark, Biography and Genealogy (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.