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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 40: social relations and incidents of Cabinet life, 1853-57. (search)
e brother, Becket Kempe Howell, was going to school. Mr. Hallowell was a Friend, and was equally esteemed and beloved by the whole community, among whom he had lived from youth to old age. He said, Thy brother is always seeking for a royal road to knowledge, and is dull at figures. Professor Henry, seeing the child was mortified, kindly took his hand and said, Send him to me and I will explain the rule of three to him. I gratefully accepted his offer, and he did explain so distinctly that Becket never forgot the lesson or the rule. If great men knew how acceptable their condescension is to the ignorant, they would cultivate the amenities of life. Professor John LeComte was another of the savans who impressed me most pleasantly; he brought with him his exquisitely beautiful wife, who shone resplendent among the quiet old figures there. Professors Agassiz and Pearce, with a whole galaxy of scholars and specialists, were present, whose names will go sounding down the aisles that