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Wishful to shorten the journey to school, Mrs. Garfield offered to give a piece of land on one corner of her farm, if her neighbours would put up a building on it. WISHFUL TO SHORTEN THE JOURNEY TO SCHOOL MISSUS GARFIELD OFFERED TO GIVE A PIECE OF LAND ON ONE CORNER OF HER FARM IF HER NEIGHBORS WOULD PUT UP A BUILDING ON IT
arded the twenty-one scholars present as a most astonishing number. Yet the school was but a log cabin, like the one in which the Garfield family lived. The teacher was a young man, who taught school one part of the year to earn money to pay for his education in the other part. The teacher received a certain sum of money for his work, and the parents of the children took him by turns to board in their houses. James was an apt scholar, and at once began to question the teacher, to the no small amusement of the scholars. When the teacher told him anything, he wanted to know why it was so, and how the teacher knew. And this curiosity extended to the names of the letters of the alphabet. Winter came, and James pursued his studies at home. The long winter evenings were spent in reading. Lying on the wooden floor, he eagerly read page after page, by the light of the huge log fire which burned on the hearth. Before he was six years old he had read every book within his reach, and wanted more.  EVENTS OF THE DAY AND REGARDED THE TWENTY ONE SCHOLARS PRESENT AS A MOST ASTONISHING NUMBER YET THE SCHOOL WAS BUT A LOG CABIN LIKE THE ONE IN WHICH THE GARFIELD FAMILY LIVED THE TEACHER WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO TAUGHT SCHOOL ONE PART OF THE YEAR TO EARN MONEY TO PAY FOR HIS EDUCATION IN THE OTHER PART THE TEACHER RECEIVED A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY FOR HIS WORK AND THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN TOOK HIM BY TURNS TO BOARD IN THEIR HOUSES JAMES WAS AN APT SCHOLAR AND AT ONCE BEGAN TO QUESTION THE TEACHER TO NO SMALL AMUSEMENT OF THE SCHOLARS WHEN THE TEACHER TOLD HIM ANYTHING HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY IT WAS SO AND HOW THE TEACHER KNEW AND THIS CURIOSITY EXTENDED TO THE NAMES OF THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET WINTER CAME AND JAMES PURSUED HIS STUDIES AT HOME THE LONG WINTER EVENINGS WERE SPENT IN READING LYING ON THE WOODEN FLOOR HE EAGERLY READ PAGE AFTER PAGE BY THE LIGHT OF THE HUGE LOG FIRE WHICH BURNED ON THE HEARTH BEFORE HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD HE HAD READ EVERY BOOK WITHIN HIS REACH AND WANTED MORE
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