. Bill Nye's history of the United States. WASHINGTON PLAYING THE FLUTE. was one of his weak points, and no doubt he wasashamed of it, as he ought to have been. Somepoets think that if they get drunk and stay drunkthey will resemble Edgar A. Poe and George There are lawyers who play poker yearafter year and get regularly skinned because theyhave heard that some of the able lawyers of the 128 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. past century used to come home at night withpoker-chips in their pockets. Whiskey will not make a poet, nor poker agreat pleader. And yet I have seen poets whoreli
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. WASHINGTON PLAYING THE FLUTE. was one of his weak points, and no doubt he wasashamed of it, as he ought to have been. Somepoets think that if they get drunk and stay drunkthey will resemble Edgar A. Poe and George There are lawyers who play poker yearafter year and get regularly skinned because theyhave heard that some of the able lawyers of the 128 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. past century used to come home at night withpoker-chips in their pockets. Whiskey will not make a poet, nor poker agreat pleader. And yet I have seen poets whorelied on the potency of their breath, and lawyerswho knew more of the habits of a bobtail flush. THE AWKWARD SQUAD. than they ever did of the statutes in such casemade and provided. George Washington was always ready. If youwanted a man to be first in war, you could call onGeorge. If you desired an adult who would befirst baseman in time of peace, Mr. Washingtoncould be telephoned at any hour of the day ornight. If you needed a man to be first in the PERSONALITY OF WASHINGTON. 129 hearts of his countrymen, Georges post-officeaddress was at once secured. Thouoh he was a o;reat man, he was once apoor boy. How often you hear that in America !Here it is a positive disadvantage to be bornwealthy. And yet sometimes I wish they hadexperimented a little that way on me. I do notask now to be born rich, of course, because it istoo late ; but it seems to me that, with my naturalgood sense and keen insight into human nature,I could have struggled along under the burdensand cares of wealth with great success. I do notcare to die wealthy, but if I could have been bornwealthy it seems to me I w
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