CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIII.

A SCHOOL SCENE.

A difficulty with Sam Drake in school--Nat hears of it--a true account--Sam writes a letter about the teacher--the teacher discovers it--many words spelled incorrectly--a copy of the letter--Sam called into the floor--made to spell the words he has spelled wrong--spells Alpheus, Coombs, knife, bargain, spectacles--merriment it occasioned in school--Sam refuses to spell more--he is punished and conquered--spells again--then he is ferruled--sent to his seat--advice to the school--a good teacher--his case before the committee--expelled--what the incident teaches 134-141

CHAPTER XIV.

TAKING SIDES.

The Federalist--Jefferson and the Democrat--the four votes--studied with all his soul--Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence--reading it--difference between Jefferson and Adams --Jefferson's views of slavery--extract from his writings--another extract--why Nat adopted these principles--his early sympathies--the life of Jefferson made lasting impression on his mind--case of Guido--Cotton Mather's "Essays to do Good"--Dr. Franklin--Jeremy Bentham and greatest good to greatest number--Alfieri and "Plutarch's Lives"--Loyola and "Lives of the Saints"--a picture made--Dr. Guthrie 142-155