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Show His MurrliiKe Aided Illm. Abrara S. Hewitt affords an example of the value of profitable marriages. Naturally a man of great force of character char-acter and a zealous student with worthy ambitions, ho would havo succeeded anywhere nnd in almost any lino of activity, but his marriage to the daughter daugh-ter of Feter Cooper placed him at once on a plane which he. unaided by tho fortunate alliance, might never have succeeded in attaining. He was but a teacher when he first loved his respected wife, but once the son-in-law of the great benefactor and philanthropist he assumed a prominence i in the public we that gave him prestige, j As plain Abrala S. Hewitt, the teacher, I ho would havo beeji no less a man; but as Abram S. Hewitt, the son-in-law of Peter Cooper, the public was predisposed to hear him. Tho marriage leveled for him barriers that long years of self, unaided labor might never havo overcome. He profited by the circumstances nnd became an almost al-most natural figure. That he improved his opportunities is tohis credit, but that the opportunities were available was the result of a happy, fortunate marriage, New York Letter. |