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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: The Standard Publishing Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. Enters Guilford Academy -- Embraces Christianity among the Presbyterians -- Completes his academic course. Having determined on my future course, I bade farewell to my mother, brothers, companions and neighbors and directed my way to a noted academy in Guilford, North Carolina, under the direction of Dr. David Cald- well. Here I commenced the Latin grammar the first day of February, 1790. With the ardor of Eneas' son, I commenced with the full purpose to acquire an education, or die in the attempt. With such a mind, every obstacle can be surmounted in the affairs of life. I stripped myself of every hindrance for the course- -- denied myself of strong food, lived chiefly on milk and vegetables, and allowed myself but six or seven hours in the twenty-four for sleep. By such indefatigable application to study, as might be expected, I passed several classes, until I came up with one of equal application, wi. th which I continued through the whole of our academic course. When I first entered the academy, there had been, and then was, a great religious excitement. About thirty or more of the students had lately embraced religion under the ministration of James McGready, a Presbyterian preacher of exceeding popularity, piety and en- gagedness. I was not a little surprised to find those pious students assembled every morning before the hour of recitation and engaged in singing and praying in a private room. Their daily walk evinced to me their sincere piety and happiness. This was a source of uneasiness to my mind, and frequently brought me to ...
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