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194 that he would quote page after page from his favorite author. His voyages up the Mediterranean Sea gave life to the ancient writers whose works he eagerly read from the best translations, and he was a critic on classical literature. As a matter of course he was an advanced student in mathematics. One winter, when he was ice-bound, he attended for several weeks the lectures at a Connecticut college, and always regretted his lack of opportunity to take the whole course.

As a ship master he was kind to his men and to his junior officers, helping them to become thorough sailors and navigators. Young men up the Kennebec River considered it a great privilege to ship for a voyage with Capt. McClintock, and sometimes half a dozen youths of good families would be in his crew. In his prime he was a very athletic and powerful man physically; his muscles were of iron. His chief officer once said that the captain could, single-handed, handle the whole crew of a score or more of men. He was a very strong man. He was an indefatigable reader as shown by his reading consecutively the whole of Appleton's Encyclopædia. As a citizen he was highly respected in Hallowell where he passed the most of his married life. He was liberal to the church, to fellow-mariners, to all in need of aid. He gave first and made inquiries afterwards.

In the domestic relations Capt. McClintock was a dutiful and respectful son, a brother ever thoughtful of his sisters and brothers, a devoted and affectionate husband, proud of his home, considerate in every act, and a model father, tender, loving, indulgent and forgiving. He gave his children the benefit of true counsel and prudent example, and early inculcated in them the principles of truthfulness, sobriety, manly courage, honor and honesty. He placed a good name above riches. He encouraged each of them to obtain a liberal education.

He was of high rank in the Masonic fraternity, a Knight Templar well skilled, and an authority in the usages and in several of the mystic rites. For many years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but very liberal in his creed, believing in the goodness and justice of his Heavenly Father.

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