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Excerpt from The Obelisk, 1915, Vol. 2 At the age of nineteen he entered mckendree College, Illinois. Here he came in touch with the life of Robert Allyn, President of the College, and ties of friendship were here made that became stronger and stronger until each life was influenced by the life of the other. After spending one year on the farm following graduation from mckendree in 1868, he began his chosen career as a teacher in the public schools of Carmi, Illinois. Beginning in the fall of 187 0, he spent three years as instructor in the natural sciences and mathematics in Jennings Seminary, Aurora, Illinois. Twh'ile doing advanced work in Northwestern University, at the request of Dr. Robert Allfy'n, ' who' had been chosen president of the new Normal University at Carbondale, Dr. Parkinson was elected to the chair of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in this school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.