Williams, Sherman · Boston, Ginn & Company · leaf 66
Bible, but this, no doubt,is an exaggeration. As he grew older he borrowed and HORACE GREELEY 57 read all the books to be had in a radius of seven miles. Inthe daytime he would lie under the shade of a tree and readfor hours at a time, forgetting even his dinner, noting noth-ing till darkness came… … Horace Greeleys Birthplace presence. At a very early age he began to read the FarmedsCabinet, a weekly paper published at Amherst, containingreligious, agricultural and miscellaneous selections and afew brief editorials. The father of Horace Greeley was no better financierthan was his illustrious…
