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Addresses and Papers of Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, 1906-1908

Addresses and Papers of Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, 1906-1908

Hughes, Charles Evans

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ISBN10: 1150739991
ISBN13: 9781150739996
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.13 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTORY BY JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, LL.D. PRESIDENT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY In complying with the request of the editor of The Independent1 to write an article on Governor Hughes, I have assumed that what is desired is, not an intimate account of his personality, but an estimate of his attitude and career as a public man. Even for this purpose, however, a brief sketch of his life will prove a helpful introduction. Charles Evans Hughes was born at Glens Falls, New York, on April n, 1862. On the father's side he is of pure Welsh stock, on the mother's side in the maternal line of pure Holland Dutch stock, and in the paternal line of Irish, English, and Scotch blood, with a predominance of Irish. At the time of the son's birth the father was a pastor of the Baptist Church at Glens Falls, though he had formerly been a teacher. The mother had also enjoyed 1 Reprinted from The Independent, December 26, 1907. a superior education and had an unusual aptitude for mathematics, which was transmitted to her son. During his early years the boy studied at home under his parents, and at the age of fourteen he entered Madison--now Colgate--University. After two years he migrated to Brown University, from which he graduated in 1881. His high standing was attested by his election to the Phi Beta Kappa Society; he received honors in the classics and in English literature; and scholar as he was, he was also known among the students as a good fellow, who not only enjoyed social intercourse but participated in the amusements, pranks, and innocent follies of youth. Graduating at nineteen years of age, he taught school for a year to earn the means necessary to begin the systematic study of law, which meanwhile he read out of school hours in the office of a friendly lawyer. Then ...

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