He soon became a manly boy.
He was the kind of boy who seemed to know that he must one day be a man.
He began early to think and act for himself.
When he was but thirteen he wrote a sketch of the "Life of Demosthenes."
He sent it to his father.
This his father kept carefully.
It showed the genius, learning and taste of his boy.
This bright boy was ready for college at the age of fourteen.
But his father thought it best to keep him at home for a year.