| Show DID GREAT THINGS AS BOYS notable instances of those who have accomplished much in j their youth it to ie well all tor for us to remind ourselves not infrequently ol of the historical fact act that some of the greatest achievements in the world have been made by youth and it will always bo be so BO la in human lit history story david had experienced soma ot of the greatest emotions before lie ho v as twenty and was a king at the age of eighteen raphael had practically completed his life work at age of thirty seven lie he did no great artistic work after that age james watt even as a boy as he watched the team coming out of the teakettle saw in it the new world of 0 mechanical power made possible by the old element turned and driven by a simple appliance cortez was waa master of mexico before lie he was waa thirty six schubert died at the age of thirty one after having composed what may perhaps he called in some ways the most entrancing melody ever written charlemagne was master of france and tho the greatest emperor of 0 the world at the age 0 of thirty shelley wrote queen mab when he waa wm only twenty one and was waa master of 0 poetry before he was twenty five patrick henry was able to shape the revolutionary history of a new country before he was thirty and astonish the world by his bis oratory before he was twentysix twenty six tears cars at the age of twenty tour four ruskin kuskin tad lied written modern painters and dry ant while still a boy of high school age had written the list of achievements ot of youth in all ages in all departments of activity Is 19 endless christian herald |
