From Poor-House to Pulpit, Or the Triumphs of the Late Dr. John Kitto, from Boyhood to Manhood: A Book for Youth (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from From Poor-House to Pulpit, or the Triumphs of the Late Dr. John Kitto, From Boyhood to Manhood: A Book for Youth

Ten years Old - Six years absence from parents - His father no better - The ale-house'-what his mother did - His way Of getting time to study -\vandering in fields and sitting on rocks - Pine knots, or Pioneer Candles -unlike those who want things in a particular way, or none - The author of Newman's Concordance - The pioneer preacher The tip-tep study - Its furniture, bed, chest, two-legged table, small box, paintings -skeleton of a dog's head - His three books - Recollection Of this study in after life - St. Pierre wrote Studies of Nature in a garre t - Goldsmith in a wretched lodging-room Kitto, like them - Becoming a barber.

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