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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
ependence of character, of generous and honorable impulses, and of a high and chivalrous sense of honor. He was naturally impulsive, and fonder of being a leader than of being led, yet he possessed so much native manliness and so nice a sense of what it is to be a true gentleman, that his name holds an enviable place upon the records of our school. He was a diligent as well as a very ambitious scholar. He entered Harvard College without condition in 1856. One of Abbott's schoolmates, J. Davis, Esq., writes:— As a boy he was always gentlemanly, and I do not recollect a mean act ever attributed to him by his schoolmates. While fitting for college he was very ambitious to stand well in his class. . . . I remember an incident illustrating his fortitude under physical suffering. We had in our school-house yard a tree with a limb broken off near its body, on which we used to swing by the arms and take flying leaps. Abbott soon excelled in this. One day he unluckily fell and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
Gen., I. 123, 213;, 217, 422, 423; II. 307. Dana, R. H., Jr., I 256, 264; II. 199. Davenport, Elizabeth G., I. 75 Davies, H. E., Major.-Gen., I. 135. Davis, C. A., Dr., I. 434. Davis, J., II. 78. Davis, J. S., Dr., I. 323, 324;. Dawson, Dr., II. 198. De Forest, O., Col., II. 357. Dehon, Arthur, Lieut., Davis, J., II. 78. Davis, J. S., Dr., I. 323, 324;. Dawson, Dr., II. 198. De Forest, O., Col., II. 357. Dehon, Arthur, Lieut., Memoir, II. 219-225. Also, I. 27; II. 250. Dehon, Caroline, II. 219. Dehon, Theodore, II. 219. Dehon, William, II. 219, 222;. Deniston, Mr., 1. 3. De Peyster, R. V., I. 229, 230;. Devens, Charles, Maj.-Gen., I. 441, 442;,444. Devereux, A. F., Col., II. 4, 35;, 155, 286. Dewey, Orville, Rev. Dr., I. 42. DDavis, J. S., Dr., I. 323, 324;. Dawson, Dr., II. 198. De Forest, O., Col., II. 357. Dehon, Arthur, Lieut., Memoir, II. 219-225. Also, I. 27; II. 250. Dehon, Caroline, II. 219. Dehon, Theodore, II. 219. Dehon, William, II. 219, 222;. Deniston, Mr., 1. 3. De Peyster, R. V., I. 229, 230;. Devens, Charles, Maj.-Gen., I. 441, 442;,444. Devereux, A. F., Col., II. 4, 35;, 155, 286. Dewey, Orville, Rev. Dr., I. 42. Dexter, J., II. 241. Dillaway, C. K., I. 132; II. 12. Dix, J. A., Maj.-Gen., I. 11. Dixon, James, II. 428. Dixwell, E. S., I. 380; II. 133, 405;. Donnelly, G. K., Capt., I. 106. Doolittle, A., II. 226. Doolittle, H. J., Capt., Memoir, II. 226-228; II. 224-240. Doolittle, J. R., Hon., II. 226, 227;. Doolitt