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Holmes, Ludvig, ch-igymnn. poot. nutlior, Ho born Sept. 7, 1858, in Svvftlt'n.

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recH'ivfd tlie

rudinuMits of hin i-tlucation in

Sweden

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graduat«-* i>oems was published by the book cHinccrn. Holmes, Mary Arnold, ithilanthropi«t. was She 181-2, in Kllinfj1<»n. N.Y. has been u nieniber of the executive committee of the W«)nuin's christian temperance nni»»n of Iowa since ISS-J: and since 18811 has bi-en a trustee of the Itcmilict home i»f Des Moines. Iowa. SIu- is the president of the .Marshalllown associated lK)rn .)un«' I5,

eharitabie s«»ciety.

Holmes, Mary

was

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She has

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Emma,
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ee profession In I8.')n. at Stockbri«lg»', .Ma»s. During the civil war he servc-d as a iniion soldier in the thirty-seventh regiment .Ias>ac'iu>etts volunt-'ir infantry. He then engagt'd in business for a few years, .Sinre but subs^spu'ntly resumed teaching. ISSCt he has been presiilent of the Avery normal institute of Charleston. S.C.

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Cambridge. Mass. Aug. 2<», 1800, was educated at partly ips ncad<>iny', Ph Hargra dim ting at

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Holmes, in

Mrs.

Mary

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topics.

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the author of l.rna Kixer^: Ternpt-t

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.Marian

ti'ri

Sunshine; y



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and various other works of fiction. Over two million copies of lu-r Works have bi-rn sent a year in studying law. but very snoii aban dolled llie law in orOliv«T

and (hairman

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the au-

He was

.Shakespeare; ami Keali-tie lile:ili'>m in Philosophy Itself. He died in 11»(H in Cambridge. .Masn. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, e(iually noted an a poet, novelist, essayist, and physician, was one of the most witty, original and brilliant writrrs »»f the nineiKtrii teenth century

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her education she taught school for awhile; then enti-ri' woman's club; a niendti-r of

lawyir.

Nathaniel,

Peterboro, .iu«lge <»f the suN.H. In preme court of .Missouri at St. Louis; and in 18(58 7- Hoyal professor of law in Harvard university, and for many years a resilie w.is an ardent addent of Caml>ri as a practicing' physician and as a literary writer. In 1847 he was appointed to the chair of anati»my and phy^iohigy in Harvard the seat

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the nnilical

lepartmeiit of this univ»'rsa post which he filled with honor until 1882. I)r. Holmes was one of the founders of the Atlantic Montlily ot

itv being in

Magazine,

INo-ton

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which he contributed from ami in the pagi-s of this piTafipeared Th«' .Vutocrat of the Hnakfa-t Talde. His works are: The .ut(K'ral of the HrejikfaHt Table; The Proffssor Hi the Breakfast Taltle; The Poet at the llre)ikf:is( TabU': Mechanism in Thought and MomU; .Mi-nioir of Motley; Over the Teacups; Our Hundred Days in fiir.e

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to time:

if'tlieal

(irst

Kurope: Life of Knn-rson I^Kie '4'iiner;



Kssays;

.Medical

The (Juardian

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Antipathy: Currents and C<ninter Currents; Pages from an OhI V4)lunie of Life. «iuiipris4' his pros,. W4irks. In vers4- his pubtal

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