ls again--then he is
ferruled--sent to his seat--advice to the school--a good teacher--his
case before the committee--expelled--what the incident
teaches 134-141

CHAPTER XIV.

TAKING SIDES.

The Federalist--Jefferson and the Democrat--the four votes--studied
with all his soul--Jefferson wrote the Declaration of
Independence--reading it--difference between Jefferson and Adams
--Jefferson's views of slavery--extract from his writings--another
extract--why Nat adopted these principles--his early sympathies--the
life of Jefferson made lasting impression on his
mind--case of Guido--Cotton Mather's "Essays to do Good"--Dr.
Franklin--Jeremy Bentham and greatest good to greatest
number--Alfieri and "Plutarch's Lives"--Loyola and "Lives
of the Saints"--a picture made--Dr. Guthrie 142-155

CHAPTER XV.

THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS.

Frank in the factory--bad to be poor--worse to be mean--great
men generally poor--dispute with Dr. Franklin--intimate
friendship with Frank--the poor sympathize with each other--so
with the rich--influence of kindred occupation--the new
comer--his poverty--who Marcus was--the kind letter that
brought trial--proposition to leave home--talk with his mother--reminded
of Marcus--decision to leave home--departure and
new field--gone three years--his return 156-164

CHAPTER XVI.

FINDING A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

Odd moments at grammar--making up for a lost opportunity--confession
of an error--inquiry after Sam Drake--his bad
character--Ben Drake--mastering grammar alone--nothing
dry in which we are interested--Nat's literary pocket--Roger
Sherman's pocket--Napoleon's pocket--Hugh Miller's pocket--Elihu
Burritt's pocket--many boys carry only a jack-knife in
their pocket--value of one hour a day--ten years of study in
half a century--lost opportunities not found--the proposed debating
club--Marcus again 165-173

CHAPTER XVII.

THE PURCHASE.

A spare day--visit to Boston bookstores--shoe-leather cheap and
the proposed walk--conversation with Charlie and Frank--the
walk to Boston--what would attract some boys there--the book-stores
drew Nat--conversation with a bookseller--purchase of
"Locke's Essay on the Understanding"--his examination of
books--bits of knowledge--Dr. Kitto and the book-stall--homeward
bound--Monday morning with Charlie--influence of
Locke's Essay on him--its inf