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... Mother's Influence , 68 - Woman's Place in the Business World , Mrs. SUSAN S. FESSENDEN . . Mrs. FRANK Leslie . Mrs. MARY A. LIVERMORE . Prof. FRANK SMALLEY , M.A. , PH.D. Prof. N. L. ANDREWS , PH.D. , LL.D. Prof. JOSEPH K. CHICKERING ...
... Mother's Influence , 68 - Woman's Place in the Business World , Mrs. SUSAN S. FESSENDEN . . Mrs. FRANK Leslie . Mrs. MARY A. LIVERMORE . Prof. FRANK SMALLEY , M.A. , PH.D. Prof. N. L. ANDREWS , PH.D. , LL.D. Prof. JOSEPH K. CHICKERING ...
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... mother would snatch away the candle from him in order to get him to bed . In his brief account of his efforts to obtain an education , he says : " I never received a farthing of aid from anyone . My reading while at work was carried on ...
... mother would snatch away the candle from him in order to get him to bed . In his brief account of his efforts to obtain an education , he says : " I never received a farthing of aid from anyone . My reading while at work was carried on ...
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... mother , too , had sat on the stones of the prison door with her child in her arms , consoling herself , as was her wont , with the words of Israel's immortal bard ; and later she had stimulated the lad by offering in her boarding ...
... mother , too , had sat on the stones of the prison door with her child in her arms , consoling herself , as was her wont , with the words of Israel's immortal bard ; and later she had stimulated the lad by offering in her boarding ...
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... mother , showed what nature designed him for . Smeaton , while yet in bibs , making his little windmill and tacking it to the roof of his father's barn , foreshadowed the eminent engineer he was afterward to become . Indeed , the law of ...
... mother , showed what nature designed him for . Smeaton , while yet in bibs , making his little windmill and tacking it to the roof of his father's barn , foreshadowed the eminent engineer he was afterward to become . Indeed , the law of ...
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... citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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