Excerpt from Jacksonville 125 Years Ago William was fifteen years of age at this time and every spare minute that he could find he spent on his books. His father. Realizing that the boy would never be satisfied with anything less than a college education. Employed a tutor for him and in the autumn of 1839 he entered Illinois College. For three years studying under the most trying conditions. Hewas able to keep up with his class. But in his senior year his health broke and he was obliged to leave his Studies and live an ...
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Excerpt from Jacksonville 125 Years Ago William was fifteen years of age at this time and every spare minute that he could find he spent on his books. His father. Realizing that the boy would never be satisfied with anything less than a college education. Employed a tutor for him and in the autumn of 1839 he entered Illinois College. For three years studying under the most trying conditions. Hewas able to keep up with his class. But in his senior year his health broke and he was obliged to leave his Studies and live an outdoor life. Illinois College, because of the rapid progress he made in theological and other studies. Made him a member of the Class of 1845 and gave him his Bachelor's degree. In 1891 the College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts and in 1894 the degree of Doctor of Divinity. 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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