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- Author: Oliver Optic
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 96
- ISBN-10: 1499700954
- ISBN-13: 9781499700954
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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"Boy, come here!" Squire Walker was a very pompous man; one of the most notable persons in the little town of Redfield, which, the inquiring young reader will need to be informed, as it is not laid down on any map of Massachusetts that I am acquainted with, is situated thirty-one miles southwest of Boston. I am not aware that Redfield was noted for anything in particular, unless it was noted for Squire Walker, as Mount Vernon was noted for Washington, and Monticello for Jefferson. No doubt the squire thought he was as great a man as either of these, and that the world was strangely stupid because it did not find out how great a man he really was. It was his misfortune that he was born in the midst of stirring times, when great energy, great genius, and the most determined patriotism are understood and appreciated.
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- Author: Oliver Optic
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 96
- ISBN-10: 1499700954
- ISBN-13: 9781499700954
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
"Boy, come here!" Squire Walker was a very pompous man; one of the most notable persons in the little town of Redfield, which, the inquiring young reader will need to be informed, as it is not laid down on any map of Massachusetts that I am acquainted with, is situated thirty-one miles southwest of Boston. I am not aware that Redfield was noted for anything in particular, unless it was noted for Squire Walker, as Mount Vernon was noted for Washington, and Monticello for Jefferson. No doubt the squire thought he was as great a man as either of these, and that the world was strangely stupid because it did not find out how great a man he really was. It was his misfortune that he was born in the midst of stirring times, when great energy, great genius, and the most determined patriotism are understood and appreciated.
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