Chapter 16

FINDING A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

Odd moments at grammar--making up for a lost opportunity--confession of an error--inquiry after Sam Drake--his bad character--Ben Drake--mastering grammar alone--nothing dry in which we are interested--Nat's literary pocket--Roger Sherman's pocket--Napoleon's pocket--Hugh Miller's pocket--Elihu Burritt's pocket--many boys carry only a jack-knife in their pocket--value of one hour a day--ten years of study in half a century--lost opportunities not found--the proposed debating club--Marcus again 165-173