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123 The Cornelius Hedges Story
To illustrate the large number of periodicals which came into
his home and his wide variety of interests, on December 5, 1879, he
renewed subscriptions to the following periodicals: Princeton Review
Youth’s Companion, undoubtedly for Henry, Edna Cornelia, Emma,
and possibly Toby; North American Review; Scribner’s; Harper’s;
The Agriculturalist; Journal of Health; and Poultry World.405
Hedges’ interest in books and the gleaning of knowledge was
certainly pure pleasure to him, and it would not be difficult to believe
that Hedges would have heartily supported the sentiments expressed
in Thomas Carlyle’s famous quotation, “May blessings be upon the
head of Cadmus or the Phoenicians, or whoever invented books!”
Those who were daily associates of Cornelius Hedges were
perhaps the major beneficiaries of his constant quest for knowledge
because, as has been previously pointed out, he believed in sharing
his intellect with others.
Figure 31. Quinti Horatii Flucci Opera, 1741.
