31/31 It was no ordinary boy who took such a lesson as this to heart before he was fifteen, and carried it into his daily life, never to be forgotten. It may also be said that very few boys ever needed it more; but those persons who know what they chiefly need, and pursue it, are by no means common. 47).] [Footnote 2: The most important are given in Sparks' _Writings of Washington_, ii. 412, and they may be found complete in the little pamphlet concerning them, excellently edited by Dr.J.M.Toner, of Washington.]. |