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cutting and fitting as he did to provide the best of book instruc- 

 tion, thus giving to these new elements in education their proper 

 standing. To him the genius of American civilization demands 

 work — work of hand, heart and brain. He contended that 

 getting knowledge by rational methods gives to the child mental 

 and physical delight." 



He was married in 1865 to Miss Minnie Paul, of Peru, Illi- 

 nois, who with two children. Miss Maud Powell, the violinist, 

 and Mr. William Paul Powell, of Mount Vernon, New York, 

 survives him. His death occurred after a short illness at Mount 

 Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1904. 



Prepared by U. S. Bureau of Education. 



