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ance upon the lectures. This was in the spring of 1837, 
when all business seemed paralyzed, and, failing to secure 
work, he was obliged to abandon the idea of studying medi¬ 
cine. He had so little money that he was unable to ride in 
the stage coaches, and walked all the way into Ohio, passing 
through Pittsburg and Wheeling. He taught school for 
one term in Ohio, and then went into Kentucky, where for 
five or six years he taught school in log cabins in the woods 
near Louisville. During these years he frequently met with 
scholarly men in Louisville, and association with them kin¬ 
dled a longing desire for a higher education, which finally 
induced him to give up teaching in order to become a stu¬ 
dent once more, although then over 35 years of age. He 
thought of going to some German university, but visited 
Cambridge before deciding, and was so well suited with the 
facilities afforded by Harvard College that he decided to 
enter its Divinity School. The principal reason for select¬ 
ing this department of the university was a financial one, 
the theological students being under less expense for tuition 
and board than the others. A large part of his time at Cam¬ 
bridge was spent in studying the Scriptures critically in 
Greek and Hebrew. He also read some German and a great 
deal of theological Latin and attended many of the university 
lectures on languages, literature, history, and the sciences. 
He graduated in July, 1846, obtaining a license to preach, 
in accordance with the custom of the Unitarian denomina¬ 
tion. Hard study and lack of exercise had impaired his 
health; his eyesight was weak and his voice became too 
feeble to be heard well in large assemblies, so that after oc¬ 
casionally occupying vacant pulpits in Massachusetts and 
neighboring States without securing an appointment he re¬ 
turned to Preston, not thinking of giving up the profession 
but hoping to regain sufficient health to become able to 
pursue it successfully. 
The outdoor life of the farm soon restored him to good 
health, but he was destined never to resume preaching 
again. His father having died a few days before his gradua- 
