Early InfluencesLeonard Humphrey and Benjamin F. Newton were both men who influenced and encouraged Emily's talent to blossom. These two men: Leonard Humphrey, principal of Amherst Academy, and Benjamin F. Newton, a law student in her father's office both stimulated her interest in books and Newton encouraged her to write. Both of these men died young and were remembered in Emily's words:
I never lost as much but twice, |
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