CHAPTER II
EARNING MONEY FOR MEDICAL STUDY
1845-1847
The idea taking shape.—When I returned from
the Kentucky engagement the family had removed
to the pleasant suburb of Walnut Hills, where the
well-known Lane Theological Seminary, under the
direction of the Beechers and Professor Stowe, was
situated. This healthy place, with its intellectual
resources, became the home for many years. I found
the family sharing a delightful house with the Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Vail, to whom it belonged, who, with
their charming daughter and the professor and elder
students of the seminary, formed a very intelligent
society.
It was during the residence of the family on Walnut Hills that the noble-hearted woman, Lucy Stone, became the wife of an elder brother of mine.
My brothers were engaged in business, my sisters variously occupied, the family life was full and active, and for a while I keenly enjoyed the return home. But I soon felt the want of a more engrossing pursuit than the study of music, German,
