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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-25 Conger Reynolds to Emily Reynolds Page 4
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or even well-to-do at it. But he and mother were always comfortable and happy in their life in contact with the open country. And one after the other they brought a son and a daughter and a son up, seeing that they got more education than their parents had had, that they learned well the precepts of right living, that they formed ideals and were spurred toward commendable achievements. I measure what they have done in life according to standards other than those of accumulation of wealth and establishment of social position and I'm very proud I am their son. It doesn't worry me not to have folks saying when I meet them, " Why, you're a son of J. Q. A. Reynolds!" I'm quite satisfied to have to blaze my own path on
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or even well-to-do at it. But he and mother were always comfortable and happy in their life in contact with the open country. And one after the other they brought a son and a daughter and a son up, seeing that they got more education than their parents had had, that they learned well the precepts of right living, that they formed ideals and were spurred toward commendable achievements. I measure what they have done in life according to standards other than those of accumulation of wealth and establishment of social position and I'm very proud I am their son. It doesn't worry me not to have folks saying when I meet them, " Why, you're a son of J. Q. A. Reynolds!" I'm quite satisfied to have to blaze my own path on
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