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, the fresh air, andof holding intercourse with
his fellow-men! all this turned his head.
It affected him the  % that the blow came
from the college which ought, as he said, to
set examples of humanity. :

A friend went to the president and begged
him: to let my poor father out of prison, but
he pretended to know nothing about it, and
refused to interfere. At last some friend,
hearing of my father’s situation, paid the
debt and he was released. But the affair
sunk deep into his heart; and perceiving
that the richer and more respectable members
of society took part with the president; that
the latter was kept in his place, and not
only vindicated but cherished—while he was
himself neglected and despised, because he
had become poor and been put in prison—
he lost his confidence in mankind and him-
self, and soon died of a broken heart.

“Misfortunes never come single you
know—so, soon after my father died, poor
Ben followed. I was left destitute, and
there was no one to care for me. By and
by I was taken sick of a fever: it settled on
-my brain, and left it at last in a terrible

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