“Tell me, then, what is written over the school-room door.”
Samuel, with some hesitation, read:—
“WHATEVER MAN HAS DONE, MAN MAY DO.”
“Pray, how did you learn to read?—Was it not by taking pains?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well—taking more pains will enable you to read better. Do you know anything of the Latin grammar?”
“No, sir.”
“Have you never learned it?”
“I tried, sir, but I could not get it by heart.”
“Why, you can say some things by heart. I dare say you can tell me the names of the days of the week, in their order.”