Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America. With biographies (1872) (14766784535)

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Title: Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America. With biographies
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
Subjects: Biography, Portraits Biography Portraits
Publisher: New York : Johnson, Fry and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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wight, the daughter of Brigadier-Colonel Dwight, of some celebrity inthe old French war. Of this unionthere were seven children, of Avhom,Theodore, the oldest son, ediicated atYale College, became distinguished asa lavvyer and politician. He was alsothe author of a work entitled Publicand Private Economy. CatharineMaria, the sixth child, and seconddaughter, was born at the family resi-dence, at Stockbridge, Massachusetts^December 28th, 1789. Writing, latein life, some recollections of childhoodfor her grand-niece, she says of thatearly period: Education, in tliecommon sense, I had next to none ;but there was much chance seed drop-ped in the fresh furrow, and some ofit was good seed, and some of it, Imay say, fell on good ground. Myfather was absorbed in political life,but his affections were at home. Mymothers life was eaten up with calam-itous sicknesses. My sisters were justat that period when girls eyes are daz-zled with their own glowing future.I had constantly l)eforc me examples
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Z:^::^:;^^^^^^ ^.^^^^\ CATnAEINE MARIA SEDGWICK. 81 of goodness, and from all sides admoni-tions to virtue, but no regular instruc-tion. I went to the district schools,or if any other school a little more se-lect or better chanced, I went to that.But no one dictated my studies oroverlooked my progress. I rememberfeeling an intense ambition to be atthe head of my class, and generallybeing there. Our minds were notweakened by too mticli study; read-ing, spelling, and Dwights geographywere the only paths of knowledge intowhich we were led. Yes, I did go ina slovenly way through the first fourrules of arithmetic, and learned thenames of the several parts of speech,and could parse glibly. But my lifein Stockbridge was a most happy one,I enjoyed vmrestrained the pleasures of arural childhood; I went with herds ofschool-girls nutting, and berrying, andbathing by moonlight, and wading bydaylight in the lovely Housatonic thatflows through my fathers meadows.I saw its beauty then; I loved it as