..."unostentatiously." " "viseed." JOSEPH ATKINS THE. STORY OF A FAMILY -BYFRANCIS HIGGINSON ATKINS. "It Is indeed ;i desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." DUDLEY ATKINS, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. 1891. HARVARD COLLEftE LiBRARY GIFT OF MRS. THOMAS WEfiTWORTH...

...; but it is none the less embarrassing -83since I remember the shrewd apothegm of Plutarch, " That it is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." Yet it is a very grateful task withal, and since my time is of the briefest, I will essay it without...

...be combated I will leave it to some New Englander who does not agree with the old saying : " It is a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors, "'and go right on to say that I remember the I3th of March, 1902. was the 1 271)1 anniversary of one...

...very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good edncation. ibid. It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. ibid. According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult. ibid. To sing the same tune,...

...very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good education. nrid. It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. yjirf. According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult ibid. To sing the same tune,...

...Daniel Lathrop Coit A WISE man — was it Plutarch who in his time took many lives ? — said "it is a desirable thing to be well descended but the glory belongs to the ancestors." However desirable it may be to give honor to whom honor is due, it is imperative to...

...self were driven out of their minds by worship." The Service of God, Canon BARNETT. Conceit JUNE 11 " IT is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." PLUTARCH. " CONCEIT spoils many an excellency. Some persons are so proud of their goodness, or of their...

...historian of the future will have his paths made easy and that the errors of today may be corrected. "It is, indeed, a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. ' ' — Plutarch. JOHN KITCHELL. (Prom the Western Christian Advocate.) Died, at his residence near...

...forget the saying of the old philosopher, Phaedrus, many centuries ago, that "it is indeed a glorious thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." It is no wish of this writer to deck the youthful William in glory borrowed from his progenitors; and...

...JAMES GIGNILLIAT COOPER. CHARLES' COOPER MARY' COOPER JAMES GIGNILLIAT' COOPER THE HARRISON FAMILY " It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." Plutarch. CHAPTER IV THE HARRISON FAMILY ' I 'HE first member of the Harrison family of Virginia to...