CHAPTER II.

AT SCHOOL.

Talk about School--Brothers at Trades--Benjamin for the Church-- Early learned to Read--Long Process of Preparation for the Ministry--"Uncle Benjamin's" Remarks and Offer--Who is "Uncle Benjamin"--A Hundred Years Ago--When Benjamin was Born--Baptized on Same Day he was Born--The Record--Description of his Birthplace-- Early Love of Books--His Father's Violin--Poor but Industrious-- Seventeen Children--Decision to Enter School--Where it was, and by Whom kept--His Rapid Progress--Mr. Franklin's Trust in Providence-- At the Head of his Class--The Boy Father to the Man--Daniel Webster--David Rittenhouse and George Stephenson--Hopes of Benjamin 9-18