Young Folks
GREAT MEN’S FATHERS
Homer was a farmer’s sou. Pope’s father was a merchant. Milton was the son of a copyist. Mozart’s father was a bookbinder. Charles Lamb was a servant’s son. Cowley’s father was a grocer. Socrates was the son of a labourer. Cromwell’s father was a brewer. Pepys’s was the son of a tailor. B* ms’s was the son of a farmer. Shakespeare’s father was a merchant. Goethe’s father the son of a tailor. Wagner’s was the clerk of a police court, Sir Isaac Newton’s was a farmer. Wesley’s father was a clergyman.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 18, 29 July 1893, Page 3
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96Young Folks Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 18, 29 July 1893, Page 3
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