The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864

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Various. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864

FIGHTING FACTS FOR FOGIES

THE WRECK OF RIVERMOUTH.5

THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY

PICTOR IGNOTUS

THE FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON

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THE BLACK PREACHER

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AMONG THE MORMONS

ON PICKET DUTY

OUR PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENCE

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I think she took us partly from love, and partly to show how children ought to be managed. We got on admirably together. I was by no means a fiery youth. I was amiable, fond of books, had soft, light hair, fair complexion, a quiet, persevering way, and never ran after the girls. Taking all these things into consideration, my aunt determined that I should go to college, and become an honor to the family.

When my collegiate labors were nearly finished, our aunt was taken poor. She was subject to these attacks, under which she always resorted to the heroic treatment, retrenching and economizing with the greatest zeal. This attack of hers was the primary cause of my taking a winter school in the little village of Norway, about twenty miles from home. I was perfectly willing to keep school; it seemed the easiest thing in the world.

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"I ought not to be so weak, I know," she replied; "but it is so hard to stand all alone, to live my life just right, that sometimes I get discouraged."

I had expected complaints of ill treatment, but found her blaming no one but herself.

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