. Little journeys to the homes of the great . t through immunity in that vacuumcalled complete success. Peter Coopers childhood was one of toil and ceaselessendeavor. Just one year did he go to school, just oneyear in all his life, and then for only half a day at atime. His short ration of books made him anxious toknow, anxious to learn, and so his disadvantages gavehim a thing which college often fails to bestow—that is,the Study Habit. And the reason he got it was becausehe wanted to go to school and could not. Happy PeterCooper! 53 53 And yet he never really knew that many a youth issent to
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . t through immunity in that vacuumcalled complete success. Peter Coopers childhood was one of toil and ceaselessendeavor. Just one year did he go to school, just oneyear in all his life, and then for only half a day at atime. His short ration of books made him anxious toknow, anxious to learn, and so his disadvantages gavehim a thing which college often fails to bestow—that is,the Study Habit. And the reason he got it was becausehe wanted to go to school and could not. Happy PeterCooper! 53 53 And yet he never really knew that many a youth issent to school and dinged at by pedagogues untilexaminations become a nightmare, and college a pen-alty. Thus it happens that many a college graduate isso rejoiced on getting through and standing on thethreshold, that he never looks in a book such a one we can very properly say, He got hiseducation in college —when all the world knows thatthe education that really amounts to anything is thatwhich we get out of PETER COOPER. HE climbing propensities of Peter Cooper were made manifest very early in life. Later, they developed into a habit; and shifting ground from the physical to the psychic, he continued to climb all his life. Also he made others climb, for no man climbeth byhimself alone. At twelve, Peter Cooper proudly walkedthe ridgepole of the family residence, to the greatastonishment and admiration of the little girls andthe jealousy of the boys. When the children wouldrun in breathlessly and announce to the busy mother, Peter, he is on the house! the mother would reply,1 Then he will not get drowned in the Hudson River! At other times it was, Peter, he is swimming acrossthe river! The mother then found solace in thethought that the boy was not in immediate dangerof sliding off the house and breaking his neck. Once,little Peter climbed a lofty elm to get a hanging birds-nest that was built far out on a high projecting reached the nest all right,
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