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no greater civilizing influence can come into a boy's life & 6 1858 every boys mind, the possession of his first dog. He has something that is more important than home or family and which becomes as it was a very part of himself. My Mother's oldest brother Marcus S. Owen had followed my Father's example and come to the West. He was a teacher of singing and likewise played upon the violin and had established himself at Galesburg, Ill. There I went on a visit of a few days with my Father and Mother and my real awakening to life occurred when I was given the little black and tan puppy called "Rover" and brought him back in the train in my arms to Chicago which had become our home. Hannibal did not last long, and I was still a baby in my Mother's arms when the change was made and part of the journey was made by water, I think I have
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"no greater civilizing influence . . ." appears on the facing page.