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Show He Was a Boston Boy. "Your little boy must be very intelligent," intel-ligent," said a visitor to a Boston scnool teacher whose five-year-old son was forming Greek word's with building build-ing blocks. "Intelligent!" exclaimed the proud parent. "He is phenomenally gifted. As an example of his early erudition, what do you suppose was the first words he ever spoke?" "'Papa' and 'mamma'?" "Stuff and nonsense!" ejaculated the father in a tone of disgust. "Why, the day he was 12 months old he sud-. sud-. denly laid down his algebra and said to me: 'Father, the longer I live the more indubitable proofs I perceive that there is in rioston as much culture cul-ture to the square inch as there ever was in the ambient area of ancient Athens! ' " |