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Show ONE DATE HE REMEMBERED. An incident which happened some years ago, at an English school, is told by the Boston Transcript: The boys were being examined in the history of England, and the answers were mainly dates of events more or less important in the history of the British empire. Among the pupils was the son of an American sea captain, a bright specimen of young America. Being questioned concerning dates in English history, he manifested an ignorance bordering on stupidity. The teacher, whose patience was exhausted, exclaimed, "What! Don't you remember a single date that marks an important event in the history of England?" "Why, yes, sir," answered the boy, "I do know one." "Well, out with it," said the teacher. "The Fourth of July, 1776." There was a decided sensation. |