The longest days were too short for him, and the shortest nights were too long for him.

I was somewhat unmanageable when I first went there; but a few months of his discipline tamed me.

Mr.Covey succeeded in breaking me.

I was broken in body, soul and spirit.

My natural elasticity was crushed; my intellect languished; the disposition to read departed; the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute! Sunday was my only leisure time.