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American patriotism. Speeches, letters, and other papers, which illustrate the foundation, the development, the preservation of the United States of America. This book, "American patriotism", by Selim Hobart Peabody, is a replication of a book originally published before 1886. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
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Selim Hobart Peabody was born on August 20, 1829 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, United States. He was the son of Charles Hobart and Grace (Ide) Peabody, and a descendant of Francis Peabody, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1635. While Selim was still a child, his parents moved to Randolph, Massachussets His father, a clergyman, desirous of preparing him for the ministry, supplemented his public school tuition by giving him lessons in Greek and Hebrew.
When Selim Hobart Peabody was twelve years old, his father died, and a well-to-do friend of the family sent the boy to the Public Latin School in Boston for a year (1841 - 1842). Returning to his home, he was placed upon a farm to work for his board and clothes. At fifteen, Peabody was apprenticed to a carpenter, with whom he remained for two years. During this time, he purchased books and read much in anticipation of entering college; for one term he taught school. In 1848 Selim Hobart Peabody matriculated at the University of Vermont, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1852, having met his expenses by teaching during winter vacations.
In September, 1862 Selim Hobart Peabody was appointed principal of the Burlington High School, where he served one year, resigning to accept the professorship of mathematics and physics at New Hampton Seminary, Fairfax, Vermont. In 1854 Peabody removed to Philadelphia to become professor of mathematics and civil engineering at the Polytechnic College of the State of Pennsylvania. When the financial panic of 1857 forced the college to suspend payments, Peabody secured an appointment as clerk in a United States land office at Eau Claire, Wis. He remained here two years and then became principal of the high school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1862 he went to Racine, Wisconsin, to serve as principal of the high school and superintendent of schools. The position of director of the Dearborn Observatory, which had just been established in Chicago, was offered him in that year, but he declined it. His success at Racine was recognized by the Wisconsin State Teachers' Association, which elected him president in 1863.
As spokesman for this organization, Selim Hobart Peabody advocated a state-supported normal school, and the establishment of teachers' institutes. He also recommended a graded system of state schools, including the high school, the normal school and the state university, a scheme that was later adopted. From 1865 to 1871 he was professor of physics at the Central High School, Chicago, and then for a period of three years, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Massachussets While here, he conducted a noteworthy series of experiments on the cause of the ascent of sap in trees. Disagreement with the president of the institution, William Smith Clark, with respect to credit for the results of this work led to Peabody's resignation in 1874.
His efforts to reestablish himself led him to return to Chicago, where he was appointed to his former position at the Central High School, in which he remained until 1878, when he accepted a professorship of mechanical engineering and physics at the Illinois Industrial University. Resigning in February 1880 to serve as editor of The International Cyclopedia, he returned in August, as regent (president) pro tempore. In March of the following year he was appointed regent. The university was in debt; its endowment from a land grant was small; and its income from tuition meager. Peabody secured the first support which the institution received from the legislature, and increased its endowment by the sale of public lands. In 1885 its name was changed to University of Illinois.
Selim Hobart Peabody established the agricultural experiment station, in 1887, thereby strengthening his position with the legislature. Meanwhile, he declined the presidency of the Rose Polytechnic Institute and the position of assistant secretary of agriculture under President Harrison. Resigning in September 1891, he went to Chicago as chief of the department of liberal arts in the World's Columbian Exposition. He was appointed official editor and statistician of the American exhibits at the World's Fair at Paris in 1899. He was in charge of the educational exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, in 1901, and of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indies Exposition at Charleston in 1902. On August 1, 1902, Peabody went to St. Louis as assistant to the director general of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and remained there until his death in the following year on May 26, 1903.
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On August 9, 1862, Selim Hobart Peabody married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of David Knight and Betsey (Farrington) Pangborn. They had four children.
