Excerpt from Castle Avon, Vol. 3 of 3 His assiduity in teaching, during the time he was so employed, was unabated; and either it was that he possessed the art of instruction to an extraordinary degree, or that he had a most extraordinary gifted pupil to instruct, but the progress made was astonishing, and would in particular have astonished any one who has attempted the task of endeavouring to initiate an adult labourer into the mysteries of letters. The youth's perceptions were so clear and healthy, so apt and happy in receiving im pressions, that the mere act of learning to read, was accomplished in a time wonderfully short; and no sooner was he capable of mastering the treasures of wisdom, of fancy, poetry, and history collected in the pages of the Old 'testament, than his intellects expanded with the same rapidity, that his moral being had done under the light of life from the New. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.