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objection--his mother suggested that the operatives had a
library--the result, and Nat's last thoughts at night 90-99

CHAPTER X.

THE NEW CALL.

Monday morning--prompt boys--not a lazy bone in Nat--how
the bell called him--his first appearance at the factory--remark
of the overseer--meeting with Charlie Stone there--Charlie's
character--making use of knowledge acquired and difference in
boys--talk with the agent about the library--his advice about
spare moments--William Cobbett's account of his own privations
in early life--Nat's first noon-time--his work as bobbin boy--takes
the life of Dr. Franklin out of the library--meets with David
Sears--punctuality a cardinal virtue--how the factory bell cultivates
punctuality--here the beginning of his student life--read
through life of Franklin before Saturday night 100-112

CHAPTER XI.

THE LOFTY STUDY.

Nat's proposition for systematic study--Charlie goes to his house--his
study in the attic--Dr. Kitto's study not so good--nor St.
Pierre's--they read and discuss Franklin and Patrick Henry--copy
of Franklin's rules--Patrick Henry's faculty of observation--Nat
like him--studying men and things--the case of Shakspeare--Nat
the best penman in the mill--choice between study
and the party--obliged to deny himself for the sake of study--some
disarrangements--thinks he can never know much--the
poor not so good a chance as the rich--wealth of character 113-123

CHAPTER XII.

THE DEDICATION.

A hall to be dedicated--Nat's conversation with Frank about it,
and removal of the library--going to the dedication--the address
on Count Rumford--a sketch of the address to show why
Nat was so deeply interested--Count Rumford's origin, boyhood,
rise, learning, benevolence, and fame--conversation with his
mother about it--conversation with Charlie at the factory--a
life-long impression made on his mind by it 124-133

CHAPTER XIII.

A SCHOOL SCENE.

A difficulty with Sam Drake in school--Nat hears of it--a true
account--Sam writes a letter about the teacher--the teacher
discovers it--many words spelled incorrectly--a copy of the
letter--Sam called into the floor--made to spell the words he has
spelled wrong--spells Alpheus, Coombs, knife, bargain,
spectacles--merriment it occasioned in school--Sam refuses to spell
more--he is punished and conquered--spel