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The daily round of necessary toil, and the constant need for careful consideration and foresight, were an invaluable experience and discipline, which nothing else would have given him. THE DAILY ROUND OF NECESSARY TOIL AND THE CONSTANT NEED FOR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND FORESIGHT WERE AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND DISCIPLINE WHICH NOTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM
s could not answer. He had not yet seen and coveted the pleasures, the luxuries, nor even the conveniences of the dwellers in towns. He had not felt the want of anything he did not possess or enjoy. Therefore, while he hoped to be such a man as his mother had often described, he was content to leave the future to take care of itself, and was only concerned in making the most of himself in the present. The first season that James had alone, when single-handed he did the work of the farm, was a severe strain on one so young, but his readiness to plan or invent some way of meeting difficulties again stood him in good stead. He found that by exchanging work with a neighbour he could help both. So he bargained with a farmer to give him a hand when he had a little spare time, and the farmer in return agreed to lend James his oxen when he needed them. When the end of the season came, James felt that the responsibility he had assumed, and the work he had carried through, had made a man of him. A QUESTION WHICH JAMES COULD NOT ANSWER HE HAD NOT YET SEEN AND COVETED THE PLEASURES THE LUXURIES NOR EVEN THE CONVENIENCES OF THE DWELLERS IN TOWNS HE HAD NOT FELT THE WANT OF ANYTHING HE DID NOT POSSESS OR ENJOY THEREFORE WHILE HE HOPED TO BE SUCH A MAN AS HIS MOTHER HAD OFTEN DESCRIBED HE WAS CONTENT TO LEAVE THE FUTURE TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AND WAS ONLY CONCERNED IN MAKING THE MOST OF HIMSELF IN THE PRESENT THE FIRST SEASON THAT JAMES HAD ALONE WHEN SINGLE HANDED HE DID THE WORK OF THE FARM WAS A SEVERE STRAIN ON ONE SO YOUNG BUT HIS READINESS TO PLAN OR INVENT SOME WAY OF MEETING DIFFICULTIES AGAIN STOOD HIM IN GOOD STEAD HE FOUND THAT BY EXCHANGING WORK WITH A NEIGHBOR HE COULD HELP BOTH SO HE BARGAINED WITH A FARMER TO GIVE HIM A HAND WHEN HE HAD A LITTLE SPARE TIME AND THE FARMER IN RETURN AGREED TO LEND JAMES HIS OXEN WHEN HE NEEDED THEM WHEN THE END OF THE SEASON CAME JAMES FELT THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY HE HAD ASSUMED AND THE WORK HE HAD CARRIED THROUGH HAD MADE A MAN OF HIM
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