The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life"The ability to profit by past experience and to use this knowledge as a...
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Author: Miller, P. Schuyler (Peter Schuyler),1912-1974
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Language: English
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The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

€6,14

The Facts of Life

€6,14
Author: Miller, P. Schuyler (Peter Schuyler),1912-1974
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Facts of Life

"The ability to profit by past experience and to use this knowledge as a guide to future action may, ladies and gentlemen, be taken as the primary differentiation between the animal and the vegetable kingdoms." Thus Professor Melchizedek Hobbs, principal of the Springville Free Academy, on the day long-gone when I began my higher education. I can see him yet, the apotheosis of the Victorian schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, come to life: the sparse, sandy hair brushed carefully across his bony skull, his long nose trembling with the vehemence of his argument, his artist's fingers stained with the chemicals which he had lately been preparing in the school's laboratory, fumbling nervously with his mauve cravat and peering worriedly over the tops of his steel-bowed spectacles at our bright and shining faces. To Mr. Melchizedek Hobbs every moment of every day was precious. Those of us who came to know him a little more intimately in the four years that followed realized that he was not like other teachers. His teaching was the driving purpose of his life, second only to the keen and insatiable curiosity which sent his vulturine nose prying into the intimacies of Nature and ferreting out improbable facts to the greater glory of botanical science. Now, on our first day at the Academy, he paced the rostrum like a moulting crane, wholly intent on the seriousness of his peroration. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64880
Author: Miller, P. Schuyler (Peter Schuyler)
Release Date: Mar 20, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Mirando, Michael

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