Betty B.
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 23 Aug
Betty B.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A Short History of the United States · American Leaders and Heroes - Wilbur F Gordy · 23 Aug 2026
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Naturally his father was proud of his boy and longed to give him a good education.
One day, when Daniel was only thirteen years old, he
They were at work together in the hayfield, when a college bred man, also a member of Congress, stopped to speak with Mr Webster.
When the stranger had gone his way, Mr.
Webster expressed to his son deep regret that he himself was not an educated man.
adding that because of his lack of education he had to work hard for a very small return.
My dear father, said Daniel, you shall not work, brother and I will work for you, and we'll wear our hands out and you shall rest.
Then Daniel, whose heart was tender and full of deep affection, cried bitterly.
My child, said Mr Webster, it is of no importance to me.
I now live but for my children.
I could not give your elder brothers the advantage of knowledge, but I can do something for you.
Exert yourself, improve your opportunities, learn, learn, and when I am gone you will not need to go through the hardships which I have undergone and which have made me an old man before my time.
These words showed the earnest purpose of the father.
The next year the boy, now fourteen, went
was sent to Phillips Exeter Academy.
The principal began Daniel's examination by directing him to read a passage in the Bible.
The boy's voice was so rich and musical, and his reading so intelligent that he was allowed to read the entire chapter, and then admitted without further questioning.
This was only one illustration of his marvelous power as a reader.
Teamsters used to stop at the home farm in order to hear that Webster boy, as they called Daniel, read or recite poetry or verses of scripture.
The boys he met at the academy were mostly from homes of wealth and culture.
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