I was not, generally speaking (and those who knew me then will think I should have left out this qualifier), a well-tempered child. I was always on the lookout to get the best I could for myself and stick anybody who stuck me. I knew what I wanted to do in everything; namely to impress as many people as possible. Then, when I was about eight years old, I did something different.

I had been in church from the time I could be carried, and had missed church services only for fire, famine, or sickness that kept me from moving. My parent

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