A noble army; a short study book for juniors . WILLIAM CAREYS GRAVE AT SERAMPORE. CROWDS OF WORSHIPPERS AT MOHAMMEDANMOSQUE A Familiar Scene to William Carey (Millions of thePeople of India are Followers of Mohammed) The Boy with Five Talents 29 was known to be precocious beyond his mates, butthere was no one in Paulerspury to send a promisinglad to Eton and Oxford, and at sixteen he was appren-ticed to a shoemaker in Hackleton and the cobblersshop became his substitute for college. He alwayspropped a book before him as he worked, and thelanguages he learned and the facts about the worldthat h
A noble army; a short study book for juniors . WILLIAM CAREYS GRAVE AT SERAMPORE. CROWDS OF WORSHIPPERS AT MOHAMMEDANMOSQUE A Familiar Scene to William Carey (Millions of thePeople of India are Followers of Mohammed) The Boy with Five Talents 29 was known to be precocious beyond his mates, butthere was no one in Paulerspury to send a promisinglad to Eton and Oxford, and at sixteen he was appren-ticed to a shoemaker in Hackleton and the cobblersshop became his substitute for college. He alwayspropped a book before him as he worked, and thelanguages he learned and the facts about the worldthat he gathered from works of science, history, andtravel were not far behind the university night when he tramped over the country roads de-livering shoes or procuring leather, he would reviewin his mind the knowledge he had lately acquired,thus stamping it upon his memory indelibly. Despite his great ambition to learn, poverty andhard work would certainly have swamped at leastsome of the boys five talents, had he not been im-pelled by the most conquering motive boy
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