Newberry Library - Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

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Title Writings: School Essays, presumably by Josephine Stedman [folder 1 of 2], Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall miscellaneous material and writings, approximately 1850-1852

Creator Kendall, Nathan R

Date approximately 1850-1852

Place California, Lake States, Northeastern States, United States, Indiana--LaPorte, Panama--Isthmus of Panama

Language English

Subjects Washington City and California Mining Association, Chronically ill, Courtship, Domestic relations, Families, Farm life, Gold miners, Husband and wife, Migration, Internal, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Teacher-student relationships

Description Correspondence, writings, documents of Nathan Kendall and wife Abby J. Reed Kendall of Massachusetts, Indiana and Illinois, including many letters to each other before and after marriage in 1857, as well as numerous letters to and from members of their families, friends and former students. Some correspondence and documents concern travel to California begun in 1849.

User-Contributed Transcription Quantity or Quality.Shall the Autumn Wreath be filled with a quantity of nonsense or shall it be one of quality? That it depends entirely upon its contributors every one is aware. An editor once quoted the following for the perusal of some of his hasty contributors of the Wreath.Take time, for thinking, never write in haste And value not yourself for writing fast;A rapid poem with such fury writ Shows want of judgment, not abounding wit.Whatever you write of pleasant or sublime Always let sense accompany your rhyme.It will not only be more interesting to the patrons of the paper but also[Next Page]more improving to the writers if they observe this rule. It requires much thought and care to become a good writer, to be able to express a sensible thought in every sentence, and in the most approved manner, but how much more improving it is to endeavor to do this and with how much more satisfaction is it beheld after it is accomplished than if it were destitute of thought and expression. Then why is there not a greater effort made to produce quality in composition than quantity? Is it because the latter shows to the best advantage? It does not appear so well; it tires the hearers, the readers and of course the writers and benefits no one. Or is it because it requires too great an effort? if it requires a greater effort; that is a proof to my mind of its beneficial effects.

Archival Collection Title Nathan Kendall and Abby J. Reed Kendall papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Kendall-Reed Box 5 Folder 106

BibID 9.91343E+14

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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