...Readiness in learning to read lwhich must haveheen very early, as I do not rememher when I could not readl and the Opinion of all his Friends that I should certainly make a good Scholar, encourag'd him in this Purpose of his. My Uncle Benjamin tooapprov'd of it, and propos'd to give me...

...for his rapid pace in a time when the school required facility in both writing and reading Latin.6 My early Readiness in learning to read (which must...Friends that I should certainly make a good Scholar, encourag'd him to this Purpose of his. My Uncle Benjamin too approv'd of it, and intended to give all...

..."my father intending to devote me ... to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read . . . and the opinion of all his friends that...make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose" (Franklin, 1793/1958, p. 6). Benjamin proved a gifted pupil and in his second year was to be moved...

...years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character....

...years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must...friends, that I should certainly make a good scholar, encourag'd him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approv'd of it, and propos'd to give...

...sons to the service of the Chinch. My early readiness in learning to read, which must have been verj' early, as I do not remember when I could not read, and the opinion of all his friends that 1 should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My Uncle Benjamin, too,...