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Trttm Johnson 9 Jlfemoirf:
PAKENTAGE AXD EARLY LITE OF
GENERAL-GREENE. "
V.
Continued.
The first effort of the party on their re
turn home, -was to secure'the, independ
ence of the country, of their choice, as the
0Dlv weans of future security, or justifia
ble retaliation.- , r-r; ;' -
Thr Massachusetts, Bay colony laid
.i;m tn a furisdictibn bvier the -whole of
that country as far as the limits of New
York, or to'the Pacific But they had re
peatedly attacked and harassed the In
dians; had sold them into slavery, set a
pnee upon their heads, and recently had
nearly extirpated the Pequots, killing the
men, shipping off the boys" to Bermuda,
and distributing the5 women nd female
children among the colonists.. .The Nar
ragansets, therefore, feared and hated
them ; and Gorton's party adroitly avail
ing themselves of this state of things, se
cretly prevailed upon their chiefs, to exe
cute a deed of transfer of soil and sove
reignty to the King of England. The grant
is still preserved, and embraces'the whole
er entry within the limits of Rhode Island.
Whether their rights were co-extensive
with their cession is not to be asceatained.
Generally the limits of Indian territory are
hut Hit defined; 'and various" nations will
lav claim to the same hunting grounds.'
Furnished with thifc important docu
ment, one of Gorton's followers was imme
diately dispatched to England. The grant
was accepted, and the charter, wich cre
ated the State, so soon followed, that it
was unquestionably, the result of thb ces
sion from the arragansets.
- These events are all commemorated by
Gorton in a publication under the quaint
title of "Simplicity's defence against se
ven headed ' tyranny;" a rare, amusing,
and obviously authentic4narrative ; " '
In these occurrences, Green must have
bern a principal sufferer; that he lost his
rife about this time is recorded in the fa
mily annals, from which circumstance it is
probable she was one of those who perish
ed in the" snow. "And that he was soon
after in England, where he married ano
ther wife, is equally well established ;
from which the.inference is a very reason
able one, that he was the .bearer of the
Narragansets'deed of cessioniand a prin
cipal nt gociator for the independence of
that nation, and of the State of Rhode
Island. V,
The family, ever since its establish
ment, "have clung to their, little Iihaca
with a singular pertinacity. They "are
now much ramified, very numerous, and
very respectable. They are mostly sub
stan'ial farmers, industrious, and judicious
in the culture of a soil which possesses
e - l , . l'
iew raiurai advantages ; dui live in great
comfort and singular harmonyl Several
of them have filled the . highest offices in
the States i. -
The family of Gen. Greene were origi
nally from Salisbury in England. His fa
ther, Nathaniel, was the third in descen
from the original "emigrant.'" Nathanael,
the subject of these memoirs, his second
son by Mary Mqtt, was born 'May 27,
1742. t The fattver had been previously
married, and had two sons, so that Ka
thanaelwas the fourth of eight whom he
raised to manhood. .
Very early in life, they were deprived
by ' detth of the cares of their mother ;
and with the aid of a motherly house
keeper, the eight boys were brought up
together under the eye of the father. .And
although nothing was further from the in
tent if n of his sire than preparing him for
a military life, he literally received a
Spanan education. The old. gentleman
as a highly respectable Quaker pi eacher,
ami for nearly forty years was in the ha
mt of delivering himself in the meeting at
I ast Greenwich, with a force, and elo
quence, it is said, which would have done
honour to any pulpit. As his family in
creased, he regularly attended his place
?f worship, followed by his train of boys,
all habited in the simplest costume of their
5ct. Tefcperate, frugal and laborious
kjroself, his habits were inculcated on his
children, not. less by-his own example,
than by the impressive lessons of a rod and
a vigorous arm. Passive and prompt obe
!itiice were among his favorite doctrines;
and the least undutiful hesitation was fol-0H-rd
by. a frown of authority, and a look
jeernniaed that admitted v no delay
m ht was kind and affectionate, and aqtr
rathtr from dictates of dulv, and a
!11se ot propriety, than imperiousncss of
character. His forge, hia, mill,' and his
larin, divided his atu:ntiorr; and regular
'SVas his children; attairied to a proper
ae, they were assigned to the plough,
rd gradually passed through their de
crees, until honoured with a . station at the
trnl. . ght fine athletic boys, to a man
jnus circumstanced, were net only a. boon
;rom heaven, but a real accession of for
tune.. ., v . : , v
His ow limited education; the fahatil'
r r 15- the timci and something perhaps
? the peculiar opinions of his sect, had
Pressed him ith an opinion, that the
O'Oie was the only book worthy the study
lew in;eUe"al being. - Mere human
gaming he held in very; low estimation;
it in ? Vel wged the acquirement of
m his children beyond theimplest ru-
Msjachuetts 'Memorial. "'. 'v -r .
dime'nts of education, i -To I their morat
and religious. conduct, he paid the most,
undivided attention. : Nor did he fail to.
inspire them with the most elevated prin
ciplesxf moral conduct, ,fr to form them
tor the conscientious discharge ' of -those
duties, which constitute the good mari and
the useful citizen. ' , l; V-
u The father of biography has seldom in-'
troduced a "great manr to his readers with
out relating the concomitant omens at his
birth, or some early prognostic of? his fu-
! ture greatness. Justly as jthese. supers!-'
j tions are derided, it is probable that where
; the tales 'of these early prognostics had;
j reached tbe ears of their Jmputed object,
, they have had, not unfrequently,some ef-
feet in giving a direction to his views, and
a stimulus to his exertions. , It is a tolera
ted opinion, that prophecies have preced
ed and probably aided to produce the con-
l: . o. -L i - -v
quesi di iinguoms, - oucn are very grave
f ly related by historians, both" of Mexico
jSeforethe invasion of Cortez, and of E
! gypt before the French invasion, Whe
' ther these observations were verified or
not in the instance of Greene, it is very
certain, that from the lime of his birtha
! vague expectation prevailed, not only in
j his . family, but jn his neighborhood, that
. he was one day to become an eminent
j personnge. It is even asserted, ;that the
j church to which he belonged, looked for-
wttiu in ins uci-oming me. great cnampion
of their faith ; but his family, or at least
J some of thetn, gave another direction of
tueir ambitious hopes, and maintained
that he was to become a military leader.
In so many ways did (his tradition reach
the ears of the writer of these p .ges, that
he could not forbear inquiring into the
particulars from men of the greatest gra
vity and soundest understanding. And
the tale will serve to illustrate the origin
of many other similar prophecies! ,
. To the humiliation of human preten
sions, it is well'known that judicial astro
logy once reigned over. the world, even
under the sanction of the rulers of nations.
And the folios which still exist to . eluci
date its principles, attest that the world
was in earnest in their belief in its reality
as a science. A .large proportion of the
East still persist in this melancholy proof,
that-man may be made to- believe any
thing. . .: . : ,t J ,
It is not then to be wondefed at," if in
the year ir42, in the vicinity: of two States
i which prosecutions for witchcraft had
been once pursued with zeal ad vigour,
a remnant of judicial ."astrology should be
found in a remote corner of the State of
Rhcde-Island. ' . ; . ;
Among man midwives of .that day, a
Tr. Spencer, stood foremost in eminence.
But, whatever skill or success the Doctor
may have exhibited in an obstetrical case,
he wpuld( hardly have' been-, tho't to have
earned his fee, 'had he, hot cast a nativity
or uttered some grave prognostic relative
to the new accession- to the- family. Yet,
it is probable, that in the present instance
the Doctor, cbserving the correct form,
healtbv aspect, vigorous limbs and sono
rous pipes of little Greene, meant ho mote
than to foretell his future excellence in
bodily strengthwhen he predicted "that
ho would one day beCome a mighty man
in Israel." (But the . omen-was greedily
caught at by servants and " nurses until it
became a favorite gossiping tale. Certain,
it is that "the prediction got abroad: so
that, when he afterwards attained to emi :
nente, there Avcre many of the elderly
people who. would gravely declare; It
.was what ye always' knew would hap 1
pen." . - i - ' .. ' ' , ;
,rj3ut much more satisfactory prognostics
appeared; a few years-afterwards. "His
agility, bodily strength, quickness of ap
prehension.emulatiori and resolution, were
always above his years.- It is a well at
tested fact,' that at the age of seventeen,1
he exhibited proofs of , bodily strength,
which we cannot venture to relate. ; And
in wrestling, running, skating, and other
athletic' and rural, amusements, he was
never satisfied as , long as there was any
one who excelled him. -
Thes'e were the early objects of his emu-'
lation. No others had yet been presented
to his mind ; and even when mischief was
the proposed pursuit of hi companions
as is too often the case: with such minds,
his genius impelled him to take the lead.
Children are, generally very sagacious dis-;
coverers "and candid acknowledgers of
each others talents ; and the. deference
paid to his genius and prowess,.among the
companions even of his-earliest years, was
a subject of general .remark. ;Even his.
stern father .was observed to yield to his
opinions and wishes an attention which no
other of the family could ever command.'
" Such is the -ascendancy of. mind; and
fortunate it is for society, when a judicious
direction is given to the early efforts of
aspiring genius. In the present Jnstance
the sole poiuts of excellence presented to
the" ;.yiew of ourj ero, were, tobexome a
neat ploughman or skilful mechanic ; em
ployments sfe, -useful, . and reputable iri
themselves ; buto which a mind like his
could only -be confined ibv keebine from
j his view those which are calculated to af-
turn uivrc. invtit-tuu enjoyment ana a
wide r range to genius.ahd ambitidxi. ;K --Until
his fourteenth year, he had keen
brought op almost in a state of ignorance.
In the long and severe winters that cli
mate, when the waters are bound in ice
and the labours of the field and of thefur
nace suspended, an , erratic; teacher had
been emploved4 to insruct the boys. to
react. cut as yet ne Knew noc tnaijane
bounds of human knowledge ' had ever
reached beyond the spelling book and the
bible - Contented in his ignorance, he en
joyed all that eminencelvhich promptness
in school, and activity, and- enterprize out
of it, could impart, and never sent forth
or ever felt a wish after other objects. V '
An accidentalr'acquaintahce 'formed a
bout this time was destined to open his
eyes to his own ignorance. A lad of the
name of Giles happened to be on a visit at
East Greenwich during-the yacatiortof
the university of 'Rhode Island, in which
he was a student.. With him, in' one of
his winter rambles, Greene formed an ac
quaintance, and to fiinri e ' was indebted
for the information that there were. other
things' to be learned in the world besides
reading and writing. - ' r -
From this time his tranquillity fled, and
a few odd volumes of-the most ordinary
books, picked up on the shelves of his few
acquaintances, so irritated hisappetite for
reading, that he jflras literally never with
out a book in .his "'hand, whilst he could
obtain one, except Tw hen engaeed in' the
most laborious occupations ; ; and when his
little stock, was exhausted, i and he culd
oorrow.no more, mere was no toil or pri
vation that he would not submit to in order
to procure the means of acquiring; them by
purchase. Neither the mill nor the plough
presented any facilities for making a pen
ny on his own account : but by the rapid
acquirement of tbe trade of a smith, which
his father then carried on at the mills in
several branches," he was soon enabled to
attain his wished for object. It was but
little, very little, that he could thus ac
quire, and only i() intervals of respite from
his father s business ; but it was all de
voted to the purchase of books, I No child-'
ish toy, no article of decoration, no idle
amusement ever withdrew a penny of his
earnings from the object that wholly en
grossed him. .
. But all he could thus acquire was soon
devoured. A shelf in Tone corner of the
shop received his .treasure "as soon as it
was brought home, and neitherdiversion
nor sleep conld withdraw; him from it fit
was read and re-read whenever his care
could be withdrawn from the .massy an
chor, until every page became familiar to
him..;. '''!.';' - ;
There are no means of existing by which
it is any longer possible to trace the course
of his reading ; nor can it be at all mate
rial to pursue it, since his resources were
so scanty, that with" the ravenous - appe
tite that impelled him, it cannot be ex
pected that he was fastidious in the choice
of, books.; Nothing ever teamed amiss ;
while ever bocks could !.et commanded
they were read. And his, whole thoughts
were then devoted to the means of ac
quiring, more. 'His father's business alone
could withhold him from his darling occu
pation ; for, whether from a sense of du
ty, early habit, on strict discipline, that
alone he would not neglect. Yet, when
it came to his course to attend the mill, he
uniformly seated himself beside the hop
per with his book in his hand ; n" were
hiseyes alw:ys withdrawn frrm it, un'il
long after th,e ebbing grain had vanished
from between the mill stones. His usual
seat-is still shewn, and the sight of it is
well calculated to call forth from the be
holder, this most useful of all inquiries,
,' How have I appipriafcU my Yime ? ; ,
It will no doubt be to many, a'subject of
amazement, that such adisbesitien should i
not have been encouraged by .a parent.
Butit must be recollected,"that to his! on- j
ly. parent all this appeared bur little; less j
than idleness ov) perhaps worse than
idleness, a dangerous appropriation of
time. . Reared, himself, in a;vtry retired
part of the country, his .intercourse N had
been almost exclusively ' vitli a sect who
habitually and conscientiously dreaded
whatever could withdraw the mind from
religious contemplation, or Create a rival
ship in the heart between this rworld and
the next. - 3v the ,sole advantage of "a
strong mind he had reared himself from
indigence to independence, and from ob-.
scurity to a Kind of distinction, which in
his'iew was preferable to all others, that
of the chief seat in the synagogue." f . It
is not then to be wondered at, if,, rieyei'
having himself tasted the delights of men
tal improvement, he could not form a cor
rect ideaLoi its; .fascinating influence ; or
if, from his long habit of preaching to
others the infinite superiority. , of dfv me,
wheti compared wjthhuman kr.b"wltdge,
it was with apprehension, rather . than
pleasure, be contemplated thisfondness
Of bison for miscellaneoui-readingi Y.
he did not check him r his assiduousdis
cbarge of his full shareofthevtinties of
the-mill, the forge and plantation, left the
father no' grounds tof charge himiwith
idleness or neglect of duty ; and by a mu
tual understanding, working and reading;
went qri together without jostling against
each oter.V Nay, a he expiration of a
year or .two the beseeching7 lopksivsom'e
time's entreat ies, but ibre thaa all, dutiful
behaviour and industrious habits of a. son
inVhomvhp; could not conceal; his pridey
induced himMo look, out yfoy a master for
the approaching. Vintrvwbxippisessed
acquirements much superiot to ihose of
the teachers preyioullymployed.
tv Fortunafely i his choice tell upon a Mr
Maxwell,' the father of several respecta-
ble men of that name? how livme, and-o
him Greene was indebted for the 'tittle
Latin heever acquired Buti: a , study
which brot: ght into ; exercised nothing but
memory was hot toi bis taste ; andr after
three months diligent application, the:Ea
tin boqks were laid aside and never after
wards resumed. New objects had4 open
ed on his 'mind,' the nature and uses of the
exact sciences had been explained to him
by MrilVIaxwelVand the anvil rung un
til he had made himself1, master of an Eu-
Clld.. ; v- ; .. ;: ;,.
j This was; a store for a long'.feast ; and
although the master was of course dis
missed for the summer, yet JEuclid was j
not dismissed with.him. With surprising
facility and rapidity, ' he made himself
master of geometry and its application to
surveying and f navigation ;. The pursuit
of truth, unclouded by a doubt, dnd .coa
ducting him to usefulness, and' perhaps,
eminence, had charms for our hero, which
th re wa 1 1 oge ther in the shade, the mere
amusement of books. ' Af 1 '
In the school of Euclid it was that he
acquired those clear distinct conceptions
whichi it will be seen, .distinguished' lis
pen. 'Nature had given hinthe weapons,
but geometry taught him to use them with
skill and effect. And the exercise to
which his mind was no w. subjected, pre
pated ito master with facilityv several
other studies, to which Jiis attention was
soon auer airectea.. - f w. a
it was hot nntil his 16th or .irt.h year,
that he possessed the advantage of an ac
quaintance with one, competent tp direct
his studies or inform his judgment in the
selection of books.- His' good fortune Ar
bout this time introduced him to two men,
who afterwards acquired sorne- eminence
in the literary world. These were Presi
dent Stiles, of Yale College, and Liridley
Murray, well known as the author of Mur
ray's Grammar, and several other popu
lar. Works,- '-r .;.
Utile's wasat this time, established mi
nister to one of the churches in Newport.
There! was a shaloupe attached to the
Potowome Mills', in which thei anchors
were "transported to Newport for sale. In"
this boat Greene had worked "his passage
to Newport, to lay out his earnings in the
purchase of a book. It happened, that
Stiles was n the bookstore wneri Greene
entered, and informed the bookseller,
he: : wished to purchase a book."' What
boolc ? asked the merchant. The long
pause that ensued, caused Stiles to turn
about, and discover a Quaker boy, in the
plainest costume -of his sect with4 a hat
and coat, bearing unequivocal marks of
the mill and the forge, but a fine florid
ingenuous countenance, suffused with the
deepest blush. His ignorance and inabK
bility to choose, with a consciousness of
his very limited capacity , tb' gratify , a
choice, rushed so. forcibly upon his. recol
lection when the question' What; book?
tvas'proposed to him, that his embarrass
ment was extreme. Stiles saw. it, and
benevolently, resolved to relieve; him. f He
kne w h u man nature, and gradually".-insinuated
himself into the confidence of the
abashed boy, until he drew from him" suf
ficient information to direCf his choice.
This was the commencement of a mutual
confide nce and esteem, which lasted thro
'life; 1Greene was invited to his' house,'
and ever after venerated him as a father.
Stiles saw and encouraged . his avidity for
' 1 . ' -.1- f . I. 5 :
Knowiecige,: ana gave a airecuon 10 nis,
tastend application, which relieved him!
from all future embarrassment on similar
occasions. , These are the services, which
make the most indelible . impressions on
an ingenuous heart. Unexpected and
gratuitous, they are hailed as boons from
Heaven. .'And depraved as the human
heart may, be, it is seldom that man foiv
gets his early benefactor. ; The young,
with a proper degree of modesty and
merit, are ever gratefulfor the counte
nance and support of .the grave and i?ged.
I ne transit irom iqepriyacy w a.pa.rcni.s
roof, to the bustle and vicissitude ; of actu
al life, is attended by a degree of appren
hension and anxiety, that solicits the pa
tronage of the; veterans of society. And
little, f very little encouragement is often
of infinite importance Jn': facilitating the
entrance' of modest pertt into lifei cThe
young feel lat their clim is a moderate
and just one ; to refusefit, : (isgusts and
dispirits them ;hibteirVarInJ;ancl;
ingenuous fet lings 'magnify the obligation
;w6ere;i.'is,jcrdtottyS;.al4d;;
testb wed." V In acknowledging obligations
conferred at this , peripj, men. Jjefet tojt
as, the time; " when they, had no friend.''
It was a real., acquisition to Greene tp
have made a friend of Dr. Stiles. - He: was
no; longer at a loss w here to look for in
formation, of to whom to submit bis earl
crude Conceptions. And visit to New
port ,:Jbecame now a very4 interesting ob-ject-j-iThe
means hejmade nse of for. this
pui-pose, were perfectly in character He
soon made himself akilful boatman, and
got preferred to"he captaincy of the sha
lonpel! ,This gave nidi frequent opportu-
nities of conversing with his friend, and of
poring ! over the booksCthaf crowded the
shelved of the bbokseJIeyeif iwasnej
ver, unattended rwitli a sigh drawn.from
the'inquiry, " Shall Iever . command all
these 1"? s : - v.Vx'?
IBui rabonrj .hadhitherto pplieihv
with the scanty reading he had enjoyed t
labour might acquire weaLhi andlweaKh
vroald commahil the treasure before him.
These reflections stimulated his'exertions V
anu reuuercu ninnuuriHiigaoiy laoorious
It is a fact, that he has been ikhowh tfi
grind off the caiosityi frphfhis hands at V?v
the grih stontto render theni more pli
ant, wheri ' sm all work was to be done i '
ana sucn were uis eiioriSv at ac neayy, .
work of the forge, at to produce the lame ;
h'ess fwhich'attenided- him through lifew-rr-
The position of the right 'foot Qf the aar r
chor-smitH at theforge is precisely that y
m which his right foot became permanent4 ,
ly fixed fronj no other Cause than hjs per-. , U, v r . V '
severing efforts'at'tnis JabprlDus i 'business. rV ,; i j -yetkt.thH
Verytime-'-hIwa$v studying ,'' r
Watts! Liokic: Locke bri the Human un- ' :
dettandingandeiMn'bh'pl Socie-
ty ;andwas even ; atterttlve': to, what h V
most shameful ly ; rieected in most of out ! v
leaf ned Institutibns, Vriting a .good handt
and acquiring a critical knowledge of A-?
rithmetic arid Orthogfaphyw v;The -'co.m.-l.-:. .
pletion of a load of anchors to-take" to'
Newport waialvaysto Greene a joyful ; "
event, arid, itwMon-bnie;'of these' visits 'I'
that he casually ?net with .Itodley;;Mur-
ray. C'y "' : '
Murray was" of. a respectable Qtiakef - -
family in theeity of jfewiYQ'rkS' His fa- .. '
tlier. was a man of5 more ttjari ordinary in - )
tejligence and: becoming sensible of the 'r
disttdyantages their sect laboured tindef v
from want of members' possessing educa- " r "
ti6n, he had libefally afforded his son eve ;
ry-opportunity 6t instruction.:ioungMurJ,"
ray was"now on an" exco rsion to tbe east l
ward, on a visiting tour to the settlement '-. ''
oirnenas, in mat quarter or tne country, .
Greene seized "with avidity" e . opportp:-
aity of takng him with hini to his father'sV :
and Murray was so delighted to find, a ;
congenial soul in the youug miller, that au ;
intimacy ensued, and a" mutual esteemi
was created ,that1iever'subsided.s '.' '
j From Murray's fundsof knowledge it
may well be supposed,; that Greene did i
not fail to draw largely. The following
winter, he prevailed on, his father to per,'
mii him to visit r Murray in New-JYork
and on that occasioir, gave another speci
men xf that.decisive'turn bf mind," Which
tin after linv became so" conspicuous. , It
is wtll known how much the small-pox
was1 dreaded at that . time, 1 1njudicious
treatment had made it, most formida
ble disease arid passing" through if, was
considered a crisi&J m huriiaii t life:rr .
Greeny saw vthe importance of passing
that crisis ; he felt that ;ie wass not des
tined to serid hisv life in' the obscurity of ;
Potowome,'' and M'the sniall-pox was
then in Ne-York, He availed himself, of t '
that opportunity to be inoculated for rt.-
The blemish in, onefeye was the result pre
contracting that disease, r " A ! -I
Thus passed the days ofpuf jiero uhtil 'hct
reached his twentieth year It must not bp
supposed, Notwithstanding hjs extraordinary
application that he ' partook 'not in common -
with the comnariions" of hi vririth: of tha ,
sportl and amusements , adapted to! hi timo
of life. Befora he became absorbed in study,
hia eminence in the sports and exercises of
the country proved that he , partook of them
largely. And riothjrig of moroseness, or iu
difference to join in, or contribute to the en-; .
joyment of tliers,- followed upon the change
given to the ' direction of his thoughts, . lie V
yas of a'cheerful turn of mind and even the
sprightly, dance would have-been a favorite '.
amusement with him, :'but , for the utter ab- ':: '
horrence -entertained by his stern" father . for :
this carnal indulgence " Yet, as it led to ft :-y .
male society, of1 which he'waspassioiiately'
fond, his sense of duty, arid; dread of an ath
letic arm, ere not altogether sufficient td . .
resist the mflunceof ' thii allurement. ' A " K
descent from the eves of the house was found '
practicable, and scandal Vaiy a, Ihit Nathanael .
Greene could be giyamong. the gayest..
When the long winter eve.in gathered the'
tilLige youth around the social hearth; and
when the sprightly violin . was expected to
enliven the social group, he would. aeldem. .
fail to risk his rieck.to partake of the a'muse- .
'ment; i He sws too much the favorite among :
the village lasses not to receive regular, and
authentic intelligence on these Subjects. -
Yet the vigilance of the argus who watched '
over his morals, , and .who fondly looked for-
ward to him as, a Accessor; on the floor, of
thet meeting-house, could wit always sleep.- .
Actual detection 'soori followed , susplonsi,
and nothing but the timely and military ' In- '
tefpositioh of . a rearguard, promptly v thrust '
up hislciotbcs under cover of fBigmy could
have protected his' back froni the paiiibf se
vere castigation, irifiicted by an angry father. ,
The mind of man, even in his earnest yeara
Ve volts at unnatural and unnecessary , priva
tion. v Children well ( knpwwherijLthe are!
justlytreated i arid in pursuit ot the , jndul-
gericiesjadapted to their yearsexhibit aperi
severance and ingenuity - under oppositioo
which are, too apt.to lead to ' habits of obsti
nacy, 'disobedience, and deceptionA'.'' j
' In time, Jlie Spartan 'disciphne xC. the 6v?;
ther prevailed J and aided by his own strong,
moral sense, and the" Resources -for "amuse
ment , which he fohnd in books. . hia babitsv -t
becaineeifecttl V i subdued and jregular.- ;
Nay very.eariy m lifeV m imilatioh of tht ,
frugal habits of Iacedcmon, headorifed the
most'alastenwotia regimen t':a single cup'; of!' :
tea or coffee was bis breakfast, nd 'for. the .
rest of tLe.idayipne solid imeal sufficed. This. .
was altogetlier spontanecus.tvv ? , '.
I Nor was . he less" a' disciplinarian than his . .
fkthef. ,JBv common consent, - ndtwithstand-'
ing he had senior brothers, he was generalljr; '
viewed as aecond in, conunand:. ' And when
the old gentleman wis absent, which fie
sometimes was, on a eirculat visit to theCClua- f: '.;!
ker establishments, the younger boys found w
itno time of respite Irom labor, it s
coriimca caueJand every aiiQciatt must do i
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