FOR WITHOUT HIS HEARTENING FAITH IN MY WORK, HIS GENEROUS SYMPATHY WITH IT, AND HIS DISCERNING CRITICISM OF IT, THIS BOOK WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN. Peter Burnett stood on the top-most of the broad white steps leading to the "Shadyville Seminary for Young Ladies." He had just closed the door of that sacred institution behind him, and with a sigh of relief which was incompatible with the honors of his professorship. But Peter had never duly valued his position of instructor to Shadyville's feminine youth, though his reverence for scholarship was deep and sincere.…
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