Alexander Murdoch. Gow
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 82
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... "I had no moment that I could call my own, and I had to read and write amid the talking, laughing, singing, whistling, and bawling of at least half a score of the most thoughtless of men; and that, too, in hours of freedom from all control. And I say, if I, under circumstances like these, could encounter and overcome the task, can there be, in the whole world, a youth who can find an excuse for the nonperformance?" It is said of him that, " Early rising, temperate living, concentrated industry, and health preserved by much outdoor exercise, enabled him to get through a larger quantity of brain work than any other author of his day, not excepting Walter Scott." CHAPTER XXI. "Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering again; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity." FIDELITY Independence.--The most independent condition of man is exhibited by the savage, who, having no artificial wants, and needing only the necessaries of life, can for the most part supply them by his own strength and skill. There is no such thing as being independent of our neighbors among If Cobhett was a successful student under these circumstances, what may any plucky boy do? What was the effect of such study? Who was Walter Scott? What enabled Cobbett to do so much work? What is the text to Chapter XXI? Why is the savage the least dependent of men? civilized men. As men increase in civilization their wants increase, and these must be supplied by a division of labor. Few men are masters of more than one trade, and if they were they could not supply their wants, unless they did it by an interchange of products. The shoe-maker can supply himself and the community with shoes, but he is dependent upon...