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to obtain useful information, and to improve his mind, will be like him who eats to sustain nature-strong

igence, and he would apply to her for the information which he desired; but her constant reply was, "Read and you will know." This gave him

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, he would take with him two or three books from his father's library to read at the intervals between the school hours. The books he selected, were not those of mere amusement, but such as re

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ttempt. There are many examples, which afford them encouragement to make the attempt. A large proportion of the men who have risen to the highest distinction, have str

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er times, he carried corn to market, or attended the sheep. One day his uncle found him in a hay-loft, working out a mathematical problem, and he was sent to school

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d black ink, upon a portrait of his sister's child, lying in the cradle. For a long time he had no pencil. Having been

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tary, was employed in the most laborious work on a farm; William Gifford, one of the most celebrated literary men of his age,

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l I could bear it no longer; and going to my father, I told him I did not like study, and asked for some other employment. It was opposing his wishes, and he was quick in

made some comparison between Latin grammar and ditching, but said not a word about it. I dug next forenoon, and wanted to return to Latin at dinner; but it was humiliating, and I could not do it. At night, toil conquered pride; and though it was o

they like that any better? The opportunity of pursuing a liberal course of study is what few enjoy; and they are ungrateful who drag themselves to it as to an intolerable task. You may also learn from this anecdote, how much better your parents are qualified to judg