Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and HeredityR.L. Myers & Company, 1900 - 82 pages |
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Page 31
... few days later leaving two children , and his widow , who came for the grandchildren , soon followed the husband and daughter to the better land . Mr. Edwards died at fifty - six , and his THE CHILDREN'S START IN LIFE 31.
... few days later leaving two children , and his widow , who came for the grandchildren , soon followed the husband and daughter to the better land . Mr. Edwards died at fifty - six , and his THE CHILDREN'S START IN LIFE 31.
Page 33
... husband or wife of one , whose character and ability , whose purpose and achievement were not a credit to this godly Of the seventy - five grandchildren , with their husbands and wives , there was but one for whom an apology may be ...
... husband or wife of one , whose character and ability , whose purpose and achievement were not a credit to this godly Of the seventy - five grandchildren , with their husbands and wives , there was but one for whom an apology may be ...
Page 34
... said that the daughters were every way worthy of distinguished husbands , and it ought also to be said that the wives of the sons were worthy of these men in intellectual force and moral qual- ities 34 JUKES - EDWARDS.
... said that the daughters were every way worthy of distinguished husbands , and it ought also to be said that the wives of the sons were worthy of these men in intellectual force and moral qual- ities 34 JUKES - EDWARDS.
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... husband had no care for the house- hold and she wished him to have none . It was her insistence that he should have thirteen hours of every twenty - four for his study . Whatever may have been the contribution of Mr. Edwards to the ...
... husband had no care for the house- hold and she wished him to have none . It was her insistence that he should have thirteen hours of every twenty - four for his study . Whatever may have been the contribution of Mr. Edwards to the ...
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... husbands . In most families a son - in - law becomes a representative factor of a family . Therefore , whenever the " Ed- wards family " is spoken of it includes the sons - in- law , but it does not include the daughters - in - law ...
... husbands . In most families a son - in - law becomes a representative factor of a family . Therefore , whenever the " Ed- wards family " is spoken of it includes the sons - in- law , but it does not include the daughters - in - law ...
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Aaron Burr American Andover Theological Seminary born Boston brilliant Burr's CHAPTER character chil child childhood church clergyman Connecticut crime criminals daughters descendant of Jonathan died Dugdale Edwards family eight eleven children eminent family of Jonathan famous father fessor fifty George George Hoadley gradu graduate of Amherst graduate of Harvard graduate of Yale graduated from Yale Hamilton Hamilton College Haven Hoadley honor husband important Indian inheritance intellectual John Jonathan Edwards Jukes large family law school lawyer leader legislature lived LL.D Major Dwight married Rev merchant missionary moral mother never Northampton oldest pastor pauperism physician Pierrpont preached President Timothy Dwight Princeton professor prominent Richard senate Sereno Edwards Dwight sons Stockbridge Indians Theodore Dwight Theodore Dwight Woolsey Theodore William Dwight thinker thirteen Timothy Dwight Timothy Edwards tion twelve twenty Tyler uncle United vigor wards women Woolsey wrote York City young
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Page 36 - BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own...
Page 38 - She is of a wonderful sweetness, calmness and universal benevolence of mind, especially after this Great God has manifested Himself to her mind. She will sometimes go about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure, and no one knows for what.
Page 23 - Resolved, That I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of' my duration; without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriads of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty, and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved, so to do, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many soever, and how great soever.
Page 23 - Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can.
Page 25 - By a sparingness in diet, and eating as much as may be, what is light and easy of digestion, I shall doubtless be able to think more clearly, and shall gain time; i.
Page 24 - Resolved, Never to speak evil of any one so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account, except for some real good.
Page 39 - In her directions and reproofs, in matters of importance, she would address herself to the reason of her children, that they might not only know her inclination and will, but at the same time be convinced of the reasonableness of it.
Page 40 - ... them. Her system of discipline was begun at a very early age, and it was her rule, to resist the first, as well as every subsequent exhibition of temper or disobedience in the child, however young...
Page 24 - I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony...
Page 8 - Jukes" is a name given to a large family of degenerates. It is not the real name of any family, but a general term applied to forty-two different names borne by those in whose veins flows the blood of one man. The word "jukes