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,,every-,,day ,,heroism4                
,,london3 ,,dean  ,,son1                
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,,every-,,day ,,heroism4                
,illustration    8,i will not try any   
more4 ,everything goes wrong to-day10   
exclaimed  ,charley ,morris1 throwing   
down his slate in a pet4    8,nothing   
succeeds that ,i try to do4 ,everything 
turns out just the wrong  way40    8,i  
want you to run and get me the book10   
said his mother1 8which ,i left  on the 
seat at the farther end of the garden2  
then afterwards we will  see if anything
 can be done to coax events into a      
better humour40    ,charley returned    
with his face a little brighter from a  
moment's  exercise in the fresh air1 and
 seated himself at his mother's feet4   
8,do you believe in unlucky days1       
mother80 said he4    8,i do not believe 
they come very often10 said ,mrs4       
,morris4    8,but how can you help their

 coming1 mother80    8,treat them in    
such a way when they occur that they    
will not return very  soon4 ,but now ,i 
want you to tell me what has made this  
day #8unlucky1'  and then perhaps ,i can
 tell you what to do about it40         
8,well1 you see1 mother1 ,i overslept   
myself this morning1 and was late  at   
breakfast4 ,that put me out4 ,then      
,agnes laughed at me for being so  late1
 and that made me cross40               
,illustration    8,stop a moment1 my    
dear1 and notice where your #8unlucky   
day' began4 ,the  trifling error in     
being late in rising cannot excuse the  
greater fault  of ill-temper4 ,a single 
act of self control might have altered  
the  course of the whole day40          
8,then1 mother1 ,i went to school       
feeling just as cross2 ,i thought ,i had
  all my lessons perfectly2 but when ,i 
got to school1 ,i found ,i had  learned 
the wrong spelling-lesson1 and that     
provoked me a little more1  but ,i set  
to work to learn the right one4 ,while  

in the midst of that1  the arithmetic   
class was called4 ,i had studied the    
lesson thoroughly  last night1 but      
somehow the spelling1 or being provoked1
 or something  else1 had put it all out 
of my head1 so that ,i missed ever so   
many  questions3 and1 to end it all1 ,i 
have got twelve extra examples to work  
out at home4 ,i cannot do them2 it is no
 use trying to do anything on  such     
days40    ,there was a pause of a few   
moments1 and then his mother said3      
8,charley1 you like to read the         
histories of great soldiers and heroes  
of  old times1 such as ,alexander1 and  
,csar1 and ,napoleon80    8,yes1 mother1
 very much40    8,well1 tell me1 when do
 you like ,alexander best--feasting at  
,babylon--or  in action1 commanding his 
army1 attacking the enemy1 and gaining  
victories80    8,i like him best in     
action1 mother1 of course40    8,true1  
we like bravery better than cowardice4  
,when do you like best to  read of      
,napoleon--imprisoned at ,st4 ,helena1  

or at the beginning of his  course with 
difficulties around him1 but rising     
above them all by his  strength of      
will80    8,oh1 ,i like him best in the 
beginning1 mother10 said ,charley1 with 
kindled enthusiasm4    8,but10 said     
,mrs4 ,morris1 8suppose he could have   
marched by a smooth  road1 straight from
 ,france to ,italy40    8,why1 he would 
not have been a hero at all1 if he had  
not something to  conquer40    8,and the
 will to conquer it10 added ,mrs4       
,morris with a smile4 8 ,that is  just  
what ,i want you to notice4 ,we cannot  
imitate1 if we would1 the  precise      
actions of these great conquerors2 but  
we can copy their  energy and strength  
of purpose1 and our daily life furnishes
  opportunities to cultivate these      
qualities40    8,i do not see how1      
mother40    8,the life of a little      
school-boy presents some                
difficulties--does it  not1 ,charley80  
8,yes1 mother10 he replied1 glancing    
ruefully at his ,arithmetic4    8,then  

there is something to conquer1 and in   
the conquest you can grow  strong and   
brave4 ,like ,napoleon you can never be 
a hero1 unless you  have some obstacles 
to overcome40    8,i wish the           
difficulties would not always come when 
,i feel so cross40    8,the crossness is
 the very first thing you need to       
conquer4 ,there is a  proverb on that   
subject3 8,he that is slow to anger1 is 
better than the  mighty2 and he that    
ruleth his spirit1 than he that taketh a
 city40    8,that is an important thing 
to remember10 said ,mrs4 ,morris4 8,if  
we are  ever to attain anything great or
 good in life1 our career of conquest   
must begin in our own hearts4 ,until all
 unruly feelings and passions  are under
 control1 our efforts toward knowledge1 
or anything else that  is worth the     
winning1 will be of little avail4 ,what 
people call adverse  fate1 is the result
 of their own faults and failings40     
8,do you think one can always help      
feeling unpleasantly1 mother80    8,i   

think one can learn either to put down  
all disagreeable feelings1 or  to work  
bravely on and never mind them4 ,but    
what lessons do you most  frequently    
have trouble with1 ,charley80    8,oh6  
this arithmetic1 mother1 it is the only 
thing that troubles me40    8,i will    
write on your book1 two mottos which ,i 
wish you to look at1  whenever you are  
fretted1 or discouraged by difficulties4
 ,the first  is3--#8,every boy may be a 
hero4' ,and that you may remember what  
sort of  heroism is to be sought1 ,i    
will add this verse3 #8,he that ruleth  
his  spirit1 is greater than he that    
taketh a city4'0