Every life a delight . ns habit of existing without money that it would be injurious toit to introduce any different custom. Thus this great man, who was always in the public eye, andalways occupied with grave problems, could find ways of beinggenteel, mildly humorous, and always thoughtful of the happi-ness of others. Washington had a tender regard for children, and was nevertoo hard-pressed to show them appropriate attention. Thecase of Priscilla, the tavern-keepers daughter at Andover, is acase in point. She Was a neat and tidy child, and on courageouslyapproaching him, he smiled, took her
Every life a delight . ns habit of existing without money that it would be injurious toit to introduce any different custom. Thus this great man, who was always in the public eye, andalways occupied with grave problems, could find ways of beinggenteel, mildly humorous, and always thoughtful of the happi-ness of others. Washington had a tender regard for children, and was nevertoo hard-pressed to show them appropriate attention. Thecase of Priscilla, the tavern-keepers daughter at Andover, is acase in point. She Was a neat and tidy child, and on courageouslyapproaching him, he smiled, took her on his knee, chatted withher merrily, allowed her to mend his torn gloves, and on partingkissed her. They talked together for a space, And then she said demurelyShe would be glad that very mornTo mend his riding gloves so torn;They needed patches surely. And that she did, so neatly, too,That when the coach was starting, He called her to him, ere he went— The great beloved President—And kissed her cheeks in Every Life A Delight A MODEST SPIRIT Of all the conspicuous characters of English literature,Joseph Addison was perhaps the most diffident, shrinking, andmodest, though his portrait hardly suggests this. Addison was not a public speaker, and he never hurried to gethis own writings into print. Indeed, some of his very bestliterary work was long withheld from press. This is a remarkable fact, too, for Addison was one of thefinest essayists that ever lived. Lord Macaulay considered hispoorest work as good as the best of his coadjutors. Even in matters commonplace Addison could say strikingthings. If, said he, we divide the life of most men intotwenty parts, we shall find that at least nineteen of them aremere gaps and chasms, filled with neither pleasure nor business. Half the misery of life, he averred, would be extinguishedif men would alleviate the general curse they lie under, bymutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity, asaying as true in our str
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