My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

Simon Newcomb
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  1. In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

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  3. My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

  4. What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.

  5. The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme.

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