. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . w Yorkis as misty about Hamilton as St. Louis is about Grant. You ve justgot to post up for yourself before going on a great-man hunt. Thats so, Bert, Uncle Tom confessed. But, after all, its only for historic character is a matter of education ; interest in every-day affairs is spontaneous. You know what I ve often confessed to you, Jack, said his father. My one and only diary was kept as a boy in the momentous year of 1864,and yet you could read that diary through from Janu
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . w Yorkis as misty about Hamilton as St. Louis is about Grant. You ve justgot to post up for yourself before going on a great-man hunt. Thats so, Bert, Uncle Tom confessed. But, after all, its only for historic character is a matter of education ; interest in every-day affairs is spontaneous. You know what I ve often confessed to you, Jack, said his father. My one and only diary was kept as a boy in the momentous year of 1864,and yet you could read that diary through from January to December andnot suspect that a war was being fought in America. And it was not becausethe war had no interest to me. It had a mighty interest. My fathers house,you know, was a center for war fever. But that s just it — a boys personalaffairs are to him of more moment than the affairs of the nation — and menare but children of a larger growth, you know. But education is counteracting this indifference, I think, Uncle Tomdeclared. Wherever we went I got more information from the boys and. ONE OF THE NATIONS HEROES —GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. After the bust by Augustus St. Gaudens, modeled from life in 1888-89. 240 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS girls I questioned than from the grown-ups. The salvation of the republic,after all, lies in the hands and hearts of its boys and girls. Now, Marian, it s your turn, said her father. What impressed me most about these people ? she queried, referring toher well-worn list. Let me see—I gruess what Uncle Tom told us once,
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