Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . is to the country lad whohas been performing acrobatic stunts with theold farm horse. Fox, who was eleven years Pitts senior, usedto relate with relish his first meeting with thegifted lad. The scene was the steps leadingup to the throne of the House of Lords, and Pittwas there, with a group of college friends,listening to the debate. Fox, who was alreadythe greatest debater and one of the greatestorators that had ever appeared in England,was disposed to sit quietly listening. But asthe discussion proceeded
Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . is to the country lad whohas been performing acrobatic stunts with theold farm horse. Fox, who was eleven years Pitts senior, usedto relate with relish his first meeting with thegifted lad. The scene was the steps leadingup to the throne of the House of Lords, and Pittwas there, with a group of college friends,listening to the debate. Fox, who was alreadythe greatest debater and one of the greatestorators that had ever appeared in England,was disposed to sit quietly listening. But asthe discussion proceeded he w^as repeatedlyaddressed by Pitt with an eager Surely, , that might be met thus, or Yes, but helays himself open to this retort. Fox wasnaturally much struck with the precocity ofthis lad, who, through the whole sitting, seemedto be thinking only how the speeches on bothsides could be answered. When Pitt was nineteen he passed, at theHouse of Lords, a day ever sad and memorableto him, but of the greatest interest to us as Amer-icans. For France had just recognized the in-.
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