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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. 1880 Excerpt: ...could not have been of any value, and that he probably asked me partly to increase my self-respect and partly to show me that he felt an interest in me. I certainly was his friend all the firmer for it. I remember once asking him what was the best way to pursue a certain study, and he said: 'Use several text-books. Get the views of different authors as you advance. In that way you can plough a broader furrow. I always study in that way.' He tried hard to teach us to observe carefully and accurately. He broke out one day in the midst of a lesson with, ' Henry, how many posts are there under the building down-stairs V Henry expressed his opinion, and the question went around the class, hardly one getting it right. Then it was: 'How many bootsciapers are there at the door V 'How many windows in the building V 'How many trees in the field V What were the color of different rooms and the peculiarities of any familiar objects. He was the keenest observer I ever saw. I think he noticed and numbered every button on our coats. A friend of mine was walking with him through Cleveland one day, when Garfield stopped and darted down a cellar-way, asking his companion to follow, and briefly pausing to explain himself. The sign 'Saws and Files ' was over the door, and in the depths was heard a regular clicking sound. 'I think the fellow is cutting files, ' said he, 'and I have never seen a file cut.' Down they went, and, sure enough, there was a man recutting an old file, and they stayed ten minutes and found out all about the process. Garfield would never go by anything without understanding it.. Mr. Garfield was very fond of lecturing to the school. He spoke two or three times a week, on all manner of topics, generally scientific, though sometimes literary or ...

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