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After leaving the Academy of Mr. Broaddus my father. Taught school for some-years,'-and in teaching others added to his stores _of knowledge. Tuition fees were then meager, but by rigid economy he saved some money every year, which he invested as judiciously as possible. He looked to that period in the future when his expenses would be necessarily increased; for he had decided that it was not best for man to be alone.
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