. Some successful Americans . yceum andwas a frequent speaker at its meetings. His extensivereading, marvelous memory, and logical mind made him aneffective debater. Though he had a high-pitched and whin-ing voice, and possessed none of the graces of an orator, hewas an interesting and fluent speaker. People often made sport of young Greeley because of hispoor clothing. This he always took good-naturedly, saying,^It is better to wear my old clothes than to run into debtfor new ones. During the whole of his apprenticeship helived in the most economical manner possible, sending allhis savings to
. Some successful Americans . yceum andwas a frequent speaker at its meetings. His extensivereading, marvelous memory, and logical mind made him aneffective debater. Though he had a high-pitched and whin-ing voice, and possessed none of the graces of an orator, hewas an interesting and fluent speaker. People often made sport of young Greeley because of hispoor clothing. This he always took good-naturedly, saying,^It is better to wear my old clothes than to run into debtfor new ones. During the whole of his apprenticeship helived in the most economical manner possible, sending allhis savings to his father to help make a home in the wilder-ness of Pennsylvania, west of the Alleghanies. It is said that 6o SOME SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS Horace Greeley did not have fifty dollars worth of clothesduring the whole time from his birth till he was twenty-oneyears of age. He served as apprentice for five years, and inthat time he visited his parents but twice. Each time hewalked nearly the whole distance, about six hundred M&«^. rii»M? 7X ^^7^^-^^^^^ ..-^ ^fWW^/^--^^^ Greeley not only became the best printer in the office,but did much toward editing the paper, some of the num-bers being almost wholly his work. In Poultney he wasregarded as a walking encyclopedia, and well-informed menreferred to him questions of history and politics. He was HORACE GREELEY 61 positive in his convictions and ready to talk on any rarely attended church, usually spending Sunday inreading. He was a stanch Universalist, an ardent Whig,and a radical anti-mason. He never used tobacco or alco-holic drinks. Early in the fifth year of his apprenticeship the paper onwhich he worked was discontinued and he was free to dowhat he chose. He had but little clothing and only twentydollars in money; but he had a good trade, good habits, astrong, well-trained mind, and a great fund of information. He first went to visit his parents and spent a few weekswith them. Then he worked a short time a
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