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Title: The life of Horace Greeley, editor of "The New-York tribune" : from his birth to the present time
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Parton, James, 1822-1891
Subjects: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Journalists Politicians
Publisher: Boston : J.R. Osgood and Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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ween President Johnson and Congress. —He joins in bailing Jefferson Davis. — ms Speech at Richmond 492 CONTENTS. XI CHAPTER XXXIII. MISCELLANEOUS. PAGE Horace Greeley upon Poetry and the Poets. —He objects to being enrolled amongthe Poets.— His Advice to a Country Editor. — His Religious Opinions.— Upon Marriage and Divorce. — His Idea of an American College. — How he would bequeath an Estate. — How he became a Protectionist. — Advice to Ambitious Young Men. — To the Lovers of Knowledge. — To Young Lawyersand. Doctors. — To Country Merchants. — How Far he is a Politician. — A Toast. — Reply to Begging Letters 518 CHAPTER XXXIV. Horace Greeley nominated for the Presidency 539 ILLUSTRATIONS. Steel Portrait by Ritchie. WOOD-CUTS. Full-Length Portrait. Horace Greeleys Birthplace. Where Greeley attended School. Greeleys Arrival in New York. Editorial Rooms, — Greeley and Dana. Facsimile of Editorial MS.View of the Tribune Buildings. Country Residence of Horace Greeley.
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HORACE GREELEY IN 1854 .J CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD. Birth of Horace Greeley—The Town of Amherst—The Greeley farm—The Tribune in the room in which its Editor was born—Horace learns to read—Bookup-side down—Goes to school in Londonderry—A district school forty year sago—Horace as a young orator—Has a mania for spelling hard words—Gets great glory at the spelling school—Recollections of his surviving schoolfellows—His future eminence foretold—Delicacy of ear—Early choice of a trade—His courage and timidity—Goes to school in Bedford—A favorite among his schoolfellows—His early fondness for the village newspaper—Lies in ambush for the post rider who brought it—Scours the country for books—Project of sending him to an academy—The old sea-captain—Horace as a farmers boy—Let us do our stint first—His way of fishing. Horace Greeley was born at Amherst, in New Hampshire, Feb. 3, 1811. He was the third of the seven children of Zaccheus Greeley,

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