CHAPTEK XLVIII. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PROF. J. B. TURNER. 



EARLY STRUGGLES. 



The mere politician lives upon the excitement of public 

 life, and the spoils of office. The feats of the warrior are 

 blazoned over the land, as though he was something to be 

 worshiped. To his memory lofty monuments are erected, 

 which ultimately crumble to dust, or are demolished by the 

 chance of war, or accident. The real benefactors of their 

 race too often live only in the green memories of their fellows. 



JONATHAN BALDWIN TURNER, the &quot; wheel-horse of In 

 dustrial Education,&quot; like many other of our best men, was 

 born on a farm, and reared to a practical familiarity with the 

 routine of daily toil. In his youth, inured to patient effort, 

 and the exacting labors of the farm, he acquired those hab 

 its of self-denial and self-reliance that have since enabled 

 him to successfully battle with the world, and acquire a 

 wide-spread and powerful influence for good among his fel 

 low-men. 



At college, where he educated himself by the results of 

 his own labor, he early gained high distinction as a classical 

 scholar, but especially excelled in mathematics. He soon 

 ranked with the very foremost among the students as a 

 writer and thinker. His determined energy, originality of 

 mind, and vigorous thought, thus early gave promise of his 

 useful and illustrious future. 

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