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Page 62
... returned home weary , but not dis- couraged , and put my pack on my back , and walked to the town where I now live , and learned the mechanic's trade . I know the hard lot that toiling men have to endure in this world , and every ...
... returned home weary , but not dis- couraged , and put my pack on my back , and walked to the town where I now live , and learned the mechanic's trade . I know the hard lot that toiling men have to endure in this world , and every ...
Page 64
... returned to study at the Stafford ( N. H. ) Academy , laboring at his books with the same untiring industry that he had displayed in earning money for his education . Study meant business to him . His school life was unfortunately cut ...
... returned to study at the Stafford ( N. H. ) Academy , laboring at his books with the same untiring industry that he had displayed in earning money for his education . Study meant business to him . His school life was unfortunately cut ...
Page 89
... returned they had all scattered . I did not think at the time I was very bad , but still from my present standpoint it looks bad enough . I can look around me here in Boston and see many a man who is a perfect failure to - day who had ...
... returned they had all scattered . I did not think at the time I was very bad , but still from my present standpoint it looks bad enough . I can look around me here in Boston and see many a man who is a perfect failure to - day who had ...
Page 109
... returned to bondage . As an instance of his kindness of heart toward the poor , despised black race , he stopped over night at a Maryland tavern when on his way to Baltimore to buy some law books for his scant library , in the early ...
... returned to bondage . As an instance of his kindness of heart toward the poor , despised black race , he stopped over night at a Maryland tavern when on his way to Baltimore to buy some law books for his scant library , in the early ...
Page 139
... returned with his brother Elias to England , where Elias entered the service of Mr. Thomas , and soon after sent for his wife and three children . At the end of the seven months Mr. Thomas concluded that he no longer needed the aid of ...
... returned with his brother Elias to England , where Elias entered the service of Mr. Thomas , and soon after sent for his wife and three children . At the end of the seven months Mr. Thomas concluded that he no longer needed the aid of ...
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