Benjamin was a quiet child. He attended Phillips Academy, a private school in Andover,Massachusetts.

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And then he went up to Andover Theological Academy and he taught there and he was affected even more, by New England theologians.

之后他又去了安多佛神学院,还在那里执教,因而又受到了熏陶,因为新英格兰神学家对他的影响深了一层

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