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love of knowledge and a thirst for learning.
Life of Washington by Parson Weems. It
book
"Scott's Lessons."
book on public speaking
crude scrap-book. In this he wrote all his favorites, using a buzzard's quill for a pen and pokeberry juice for ink. He
scrapbook of favoritr passages
"My father taught me to work," he said, "but he never taught me to love it."
When he struck a knotty passage, he shuffled to a standstill, and concentrated on it until he had mastered the sense.
he had difficulty reading
Frequently he read aloud to himself, now and then closing the book and writing down the sense of what he had just read, revising, rephrasing it until it became clear enough for a child to comprehend.
mKe notes to rrmber again
a poem "Mortality" and beginning, "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?"
red the poem
bleating
"I didn't want to hurt you by telling you too much at the same time."
remember not to gove the bad news all at once
so conduct the affairs of this administration that if, at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be deep down inside of me. ... I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have."
be truthful to yourself
