Show another application A certain schoolmaster occasionally compares achievements of his pupils with the work of noted men in their boyhood days much to the scholars disadvantage now john have you solved the problem asked the teacher the other day no sir replied the boy 1 I cant ilow dow old are you john sixteen was the answer sixteen repeated the instructor sixteen and cant solve a simple problem like that why sir at your age george washington was surveying the estate of lord fairfax ot the pupil looked thoughtful but made no reply after the class was dismissed a clau classy m mate ate inquired of him if washington ever did anything else remarkable when he was sixteen 1 I dont know responded the boy he was a surveyor when he als as old as I 1 am and when he was as old as our teacher he was president of the united states philadelphia call |