Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of the Late Professor Henry Bronson, M. D His father, Bennet Bronson, Yale 1797, was a lawyer by profession in Waterbury, and was for many years a Judge of the County Court - he was also a large landed proprietor, and a man of wealth and influence. Judge Bronson had already sent two sons to Yale College, both of whom died young, and it was the desire of his heart that this son would remain at home, and take charge of the estate. But, the intellectual life of ...
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of the Late Professor Henry Bronson, M. D His father, Bennet Bronson, Yale 1797, was a lawyer by profession in Waterbury, and was for many years a Judge of the County Court - he was also a large landed proprietor, and a man of wealth and influence. Judge Bronson had already sent two sons to Yale College, both of whom died young, and it was the desire of his heart that this son would remain at home, and take charge of the estate. But, the intellectual life of the son, so far from being satisfied in its demands by the attractions of a 'pastoral existence, longed for the mental stimulus and growth to be gained by professional study; and it was only after a critical analysis of his own powers, and a careful balancing of the arguments for and against his natural preference, that he finally adopted for his ultimate pursuit the profession of medicine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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