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The Corner-Stone of Education

The Corner-Stone of Education

Lyttelton, Edward

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General EducationGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1151406171
ISBN13: 9781151406170
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...Patrick, the son of a neighbouring squire, a jolly sort of rather reckless boy, suddenly in the middle of the summer term appeared at his own home in a most crestfallen state and was hurried off by his father in three days to a stranger a long way off and Jack did not see him for quite a year, but picked up from some one that he had been sent away from his Public School in disgrace and it was feared that he would not get into the Army. Indeed, some one had discovered the poor fellow one day at home weeping by himself and quite broken down; but after a year he came back and there was a surprising change in him. He was quieter and more industrious, but in talking to Jack would generally speak of things from the point of view of right and wrong, and just now and then showed that what he had heard about GOD was helping him enormously in his ordinary life. This rather startling episode made Jack wish to discover whether anything in religion would be of any use to himself, because, to be frank, there were some secret troubles in his moral life which were causing him a good deal of uneasiness in the background. So on the vicar assuring him kindly that he need not be afraid, he made a vigorous effort and conquered his shyness and asked what he should do to get rid of bad thoughts. The vicar looked a little uncomfortable but gave him some advice, very like what he had previously said, from which he remembered afterwards that if he read the Bible and said his prayers everything would come right; and Jack was convinced that he had played the fool in talking about the matter at all, as the vicar seemed to think it was not really serious and, anyhow, need not be mentioned again. Jack being but sixteen, was unable at the time to make ...

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