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Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, part 1.4, chapter 1.8 (search)
he ejaculated, tilting his chair back again. You are friendless in a strange land, eh, and want work to begin making your fortune, eh? Well, what work can you do? Can you read? What book is that in your pocket? It is my Bible, a present from our Bishop. Oh, yes, sir, I can read, I replied proudly. He held out his hand and said, Let me see your Bible. He opened it at the fly-leaves, and smiled, as he read the inscription, Presented to John Rowlands by the Right Revd. Thomas Vowler Short, D. D., Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, for diligent application to his studies, and general good conduct. January 5th, 1855. Returning it to me, he pointed to an article in his newspaper, and said, Read that. It was something about a legislative assembly, which I delivered, as he said, very correctly, but with an un-American accent. Can you write well? he next asked. Yes, sir, a good round-hand, as I have been told. Then let me see you mark that coffee-sack, with the same add