Essays and Sketches of Character (Classic Reprint)

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A short time convinced him of the error of his calculation, but did not alter his mode of life: he continued to employ a portion of his time in great bodily exercise, and devoted the remainder to an extensive though desultory reading. In his youth he had been rather a timid boy, and was supposed by his brothers somewhat deficient in constitutional courage; but as he advanced towards manhood, a moral courage had supplied this original defect; and during his residence on the coast he often voluntarily braved the dangers of the Sea in the most fearless manner: frequently he went out in boisterous weather on board one of the fishing boats, exposed of course to all the privations of his hardy companions, and often passed the night in alternately aiding them in their pursuits, and in contemplating the beautiful or awful scenes by which he was surrounded. Heat length purchased a boat sufficiently small to be managed by himself alone, and in this he passed the greatest part of his.

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