Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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Until someone finds the key to translate the hieroglyphics carved on the temples and statues, the story of the lost civi- lization will remain a mystery. M. G. '46 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow l807-1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in the town of Portland on the coast of Maine On his mo+her's side, he was descended from the John Alden and Priscilla Mullins whose romance he ce lebrated in nMil s Stand1sh', on his father's side from an old an lish family of which the first American repre entative set tled in Newbury, Mass , about lo76 Longfellow was an American poet who was remarkable for the sincerity and kindness of his character He almavs had time to help anyone who needed his assi tance and was never too busy to see wnoever called His education was aristocratic like hi birth, he was brought up in habits of respect and obedience, of unselfishness, the dread of debt and the faithful p rformance of duty, At flf teen, Longfellow entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick Maine. He graduated in lB2o leaving behind him a record o good that he was offered a professorship of modern languages at Bowdoin After pondering ov r what pxofess on he should accept, he near ly decided to study law in his father's law office, but his talent for literature caused him to accent the prof ssorship at Bowdoin After spending a few months at home for rest, he sailed for nurope he arrived in Franc , and tour d through Spain, Italy and Germany Aft r thr e y ars of study abroad, he returned to Portland with th idea of a full professor hip at Bowdoin, for which he was chosen One Sunday morning in church, he noticed that Mary Potter, a former schoolmate whom he had not seen for several years had grown into a beautiful young woman W th dignity, he got his si ter to introduce him to Miss Potter, and with practical ar dor be induc d Miss Pott r to b come his wife The next y ar, the Longfellows w re in London where they found many friends and a delightful welcome They spent six months in Stockholm and Copenhagen, studying th Norwegian, Finnish and Spanish languages, and in Octob r, went on to Holland Pere his wife fell ill, and soon di d He collected her clothing and sent it home to hor sister with a not that the suffering he nad undergone in p rforming this simpl duty was more than he could describe. Ho came to Cambridge in the Winter of his twenty ninth year and established r sidence in the historic Craigie House His life was too lonely and restless, and he want d the influence of home Writilg a letter to his sister in law, he announced he was going to b arr d to Mary Ashburton whom he had met seven years before His work at the Univ rs ty gr w harder as the years went by as he gave much tim and thought to hi deportm nt He grew weary and said re had no strength l ft for po try Longfellow had writt n two prose works and three lolg r poems, nThe Span ish Student hvangelin and The Golden Legend in the s ente n years sp nt at Camb idge ll , . . I 0 U . . , . ' ' .1 . . A . 1' L - ea .. 1-1 U . . . S . - L11 . v ,- 1 Q ' . x n xl . ' 1 . u ' o 1 ex 1 U Q . Q , S I 0 . . . . e Y un . f x 4. .1 Q e L- 1 . .f J . . 1 S . , 0 fs u 4 .1 J.. 1 . , Q . . V . . Q . ' .. v . o . J ' A. K-I J -v-n v g E3 ' if 1 g .. 9 9 9 . - 6 1 S' S . -fs . u . - u . Q . . 1 1 u 1. - H . - . . D . '- A . .3 9 6 Q .. u A G . .L O -I . o -I . s A fs- 'L 'LJ A . 3 . . 1 . G . . , D . . e 3 ' Q - V A Q Q - 3 A S 0 Q . 5 . D ' . v o 1 f Q . , H e e e ' A ' A n e . , f 1- i A ' I O Q I I I U 3 . 9 . . 1 3 'A 'z A X U In M u . ' ' F . e 3 wa 1 fa -x Q LILK .LX-I f . . ' ' A3 4 r V 4. 9 V ' . l L3 ' S G 0 . 'I L. . ' 6 G Q x ' ,cu A 1 3 .v v Q A - , -.f Q.. Y A bb 1 ll 1 ' A VI - 'll ' 9 X G ' 11 GV' I C G A 11 'T Q - -