Biographical Sketches of Preëminent Americans, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Preëminent Americans, Vol. 2E Great Expounder of the Constitution was born at Salisbury, N. H., January 18, 1782. His father had been a soldier of the Revolution, and though standing high in the estimation of his brother farmers, who sent him to the Legislature, and made him a judge, yet found it a severe strain upon his limited means to provide an education for his two boys. Daniel, though destined to become a robust man, was not a strong child, and was too much disinclined to work for a farmer's boy, but a passion for books developed itself at a very early age. Such as were the advantages of the Village school, he made the most of them. When fourteen he was sent to Phillips Academy, at Exeter but remained there less than a year, completing his preparation for college under a private tutor. In 1797 he entered Dartmouth. He was very anxious that his brother Ezekiel, two years his senior, should also receive a collegiate education, but to support two boys at college, at the same time, was beyond old Judge Webster's power. Daniel was now able, however, to earn a little money with his pen, and by teaching, and thus Ezekiel was enabled to commence his studies. For several years the two brothers assisted each other as best they could. Determined effort brought success. Daniel took his degree in 1801, his elder brother some three years later.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.