Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 144
ear as soon as he could speak, and before he was sixyears old he poised and presented a broomstick, whichhis father gave him for that purpose, with as good agrace as any soldier of his age in Europe. The oldman, too, taught him such plain and simple morals andreligion as he was able to explain.… … 112 The Story Teller But the old man, as he was something of a scholar, hada great ambition that his boy should learn to read andwrite, and this was a work of some difficulty, for hehad neither printed book nor pens nor paper. Industry,however, enables us to overcome difficulties. In thesummer…
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