Hamilton Wright Mabie
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United States
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essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.
Biography
He was born at Cold Spring, N. Y.Cold Spring, New York
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in 1846. Mabie was the youngest child of Sarah Colwell Mabie who was from a wealthy Scottish
Scottish people
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-English
English people
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family and Levi Jeremiah Mabie, whose ancestors were French
France
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political exiles. Due to business opportunities with the opening of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
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his family moved to Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
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when he was approaching school age. At the young age of 16 he passed his college
College
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entrance examination, but waited a year before he attended Williams College
Williams College
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(1867) and the Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School
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(1869).
He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater
Alma mater
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, from Union College
Union College
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, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee University
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universities. Although he passed his bar exams in 1869 he hated both the study and practice of law. In 1876 he married Jeanette Trivett, Finally, in the summer of 1879 he was hired to work at the weekly magazine, Christian Union (renamed The Outlook in 1893), an association that lasted until his death
Death
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In 1884, Mabie was promoted to associate editor of the Christian Union and then elected to the Author's Club, whose members included such men of established reputation as George Cary Eggleston
George Cary Eggleston
George Cary Eggleston American author and brother of fellow author Edward Eggleston . Sons of Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. After the American Civil War he published a serialized account of his time as a Confederate soldier in the The Atlantic Monthly...
, Richard Watson Gilder
Richard Watson Gilder
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, Brander Matthews
Brander Matthews
James Brander Matthews , was a U.S. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature.-Biography:...
, and Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
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Many of Mabie's books are available at Project Gutenberg
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Summit, New Jersey
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Notable Quotes
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”“Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind.”