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Both Steele and Addison were born in 1672. Steele, an Irishman and the senior by six months. When old enough Steele went to Oxford, and there first met Addison, with whom he formed a friendship which lasted almost throughout their lives. After leaving college, Steele went into the army, against the earnest entreaties of his friends, and there acquired a knowledge of the lives and characters of men which served him well in his later work. He married a widow named Stretch, who soon died, giving him thus the opportunity of marrying again, in 1707. The letters which he wrote...
...youth of any worth looks forward to his future occupation simply on an economic basis. He looks beyond, and hopes to make his profession better. And society has a right to demand this view from every youth. Linked with this must be the most strenuous purpose. We are not born with purposes firm set, but have to work our way with the strongest efforts. For this effort youth is the only fit time. Finally, society has a right to demand of youth a firmness and thoroughness that can not be shaken by adversity. We should work not merely to please...
...Samuel W. Nelson '78 of Revere died Saturday night aged thirty-six. He was born in Milford Mass. and entered Harvard from Exeter. After graduating from the Medical School he built up a large practice. He belonged to many medical societies and was deligate to three International Medical Conventions...
...French was born in Chester, N. H., Sept. 12, 1837. He prepared for college at Exeter and entered Harvard as a sophomore 1854. In 1862 he was appointed naval officer of customs at Boston and the following year was collector of the same port. In 1880 he retired from business, but eight years later accepted the presidency of the Manhattan Trust Company which he held until his death...
...Hoar was born in 1823 in Concord, Mass., and graduated from Harvard in 1844. He studied law in the Dane Law School and in New York City. He went to California in 1849 where he was a prominent lawyer and was for a time District Attorney...