Edward Livingston Youmans

Author : John Fiske
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259201007
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Edward Livingston Youmans written by John Fiske and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edward Livingston Youmans: The Man and His Work When Edward was but six months Old, his parents moved to Greenfield, near Saratoga Springs. With a comfortable house and three acres of land, his father kept awagon-shop and smithy. In those days, while it was hard work to wring a subsistence out of the soil or to prosper upon any Of the vocations which rural life permitted, there was doubt less more independence of character and real thriftiness than 1n our time, when cities and tariffs have SO sapped the strength Of the farming country. In the family Of Vincent Youmans, though rigid economy was practised, books were reckoned to a certain extent among the necessaries Of life, and the house was one in which neighbors were fond Of gathering to discuss questions Of politics or theology, social reform or improvements in agriculture. On all such questions Vincent Youmans was apt to have ideas Of his own; he talked with enthusiasm, and was also ready to listen; and he evidently supplied an intellectual stimulus to the whole community. For a boy. Of bright and inquis itive mind, listening to such talk is no mean source Of education. It Often goes much further than the reading of books. From an early age Edward Youmans seems to have appropriated all such means of instruction. He had that insatiable thirst for knowledge which 18 one of God's best gifts to man; for he who is born with this appetite must needs be grievously ill-made 1n other respects if it does not constrain him to lead a happy and useful life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.