when his father saw plainly that he would not

m through. My family expenses are now very great, and they will be still larger. It will make considerabl

"It is no more than I have expected, as I have before intimated. Pare

said Mr. Franklin. "I could easily accomplish it with no

ake Benjamin away f

clusion that I must. It is contrary to all my

n, "for he has become much interested in his scho

e I should take, and I am the more willing to follow, because the times do not hold out so much encouragement to those who would enter

I suppose we ought to bear them with fortitude. So far as that is concerned,

place him where God would have me; but he has

to change his purpose without much patient thought and circumspection. Nothing but absolute necessity induced him to com

erm was drawing to a close,

t the close of the term. The times are so hard, that I find, with my bes

l any more?" anxious

say that God may not open a way hereafter; I hope he will. You are

school till I am old

d find a plenty for you to do every day, s

ot go to school after they were ten years old were more in number than those who did. Besides, the schools were very poor in comparison with those of

anklin. "You ought to give some attention to penmanship and arithmetic

to write well. Some of the boys no older th

ellent teacher of arithmetic. It will not take you many months to become a goo

ut arithmetic," said Benjamin. "I don't

is the only way they can qualify themselves for usefulness. You would not ma

try to master it, even if I do not like it.

dgment. It is a good sign for a boy to accept cheerfull

obedience was a law of the household, which could not be violated with impunity; therefore he wisely obeyed. His father was a religious man, puritani

his tavern, to assemble all the members of his family together, as he had something important to communicate. The landlord proceeded to gratify him, and as soon as they were brought together in one room, he said, "My name is Benjamin Franklin; I am a printer by trade; I live, when at home, in Philadelphia; in Boston I have a father, a good old man, who taught me, when I was a boy, to read my book, and say my prayers; I have ever since thought it was my duty to visit and pay my respects to such a father, and I am on that errand to Boston now. This is all I can recollect at present of myself that I think worth telling you. But if you can think of anything else that you wish to know about me, I beg

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itizens of Boston supplied its place with a granite obel

with gold lace on the cuffs, the collar, and the skirts; and a long waistcoat of blue silk. His breeches were buckskin; his hat was three-cornered, set jauntily higher on the right than on the left side." His name was Harry Garland. To his request that William, Edmund, and Robert might go with him, their father replied, "No, they cannot go out." Although the boys earnestly desired to go, they dared say nothing against their father's emphatic "No." He had work for them to do, and he never allowed pleasure to usurp the time for labour. The result is recorded on the page of English history. The three brothers of the Peel family became renowned in their country's brilliant progress. Harry Garland, the idle, foppish youth, became a ruined spendthrift. In this way the language of inspiration is v

l. They were all known to fame for their worth of character and wide influence. As the barouche in which they rode came into State Street, from Merchants' Row, these brothers all rose up in the carriage, uncovered their heads,

or no prospect of returning to his studies. But the disappointment was somewhat alleviated by the advantages offered at Mr. Brownwell's writing class. Here he made rapid progress in penmanship, though he failed i

ool, and it was with regret that the latter parted with his studious pupil. His close attention to his duties