I have described enough of my early life to give an impression of the whole. I did not like to work; but I did as much of it, while young, as grown men can be hireu www
these days, and attended school at the same time. I had as many privileges as any boy in the village, and probably more than most of them. I have no recollection of ever
having been punished at home, either by scolding or by the rod. But at school the case was different. The rod was freely used there, and I was not exempt from its influence.
() John D. White the school teacher now, with his long beech switch always in his hand. It was not always the same one, either. Switches were brought
in bundles, from a beech wood near the school house, by the boys for whose benefit they were intended. Often a whole bundle would be used up in a single day. I
never had any hard feelings against my teacher, either while attending the school, or in later years when reflecting upon my experience. Mr. White was a kindhearted man,
and was much respected by the community in which he lived. He only followed the universal custom of the period, and that under which he had received his own education
In the winter of 1838-9 I was attending school at Ripley, only ten miles distant from Georgetown, but spent the Christmas holidays at home. During this vacation my father
received a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, "Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the
appointment." "What appointment?" I inquired. "To West Point; I have applied for it." "But I won't go," I said
To which of the senses do the lines in bold appeal? (10 points)
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Seeing
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Feeling
Hearing
Tasting