The Boyhood of Great Men Intended As An Example to Youth
The Boyhood of Great Men Intended As An Example to Youth
John G John George Edgar
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And yet something more than these must have stirred him ; for wonder, long unsatisfied in one so young, would but create fear. Some feeble ray of mighty truths must have dawned upon his young brain some impulse more powerful than wonder some search for truth must have urged his nightly wanderings. He had scarcely completed his seventh year when he satisfactorily proved to his companions that it was the clouds, and not the moon, that moved so rapidly, by taking them under a tree, and telling the...m to look steadily between the branches, when they might see the clouds pass on, and the moon appear stationary. In the daytime he found much amusement in preaching short sermons, or in de- livering mimic lectures to his juvenile companions. When ten years old he harangued the Bishop of Digne, during his pastoral visit to Provence ; and he so astonished the prelate by his eloquence and judg- ment, . That the churchman assured the people present of his confidence that a high and brilliant career awaited the young philosopher.
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