Even my mother did not dare address him at these times, while, for my own part, I
used to sit reading quietly and humbly in a corner--not venturing to make a movement of any sort.
In the third place, the term 'prior' is
used with reference to any order, as in the case of science and of oratory.
The children
used to laugh at me, at first; and they even went so far as to throw stones at me, when they saw me kiss Marie.
The last week has been a bad one; I have been realizing how things
used to be with me.
Antonia Shimerda liked to go with me, and we
used to wonder a great deal about these birds of subterranean habit.
It
used to annoy the elephant at first, and he would reach up and take her down, but she would go aft and climb up again.
I found that about a year previous to my going to Tuskegee some of the coloured people who had heard something of the work of education being done at Hampton had applied to the state Legislature, through their representatives, for a small appropriation to be
used in starting a normal school in Tuskegee.
Just about this time, I got hold of a book entitled "The Columbian Orator." Every opportu- nity I got, I
used to read this book.
As soon as I was old enough to eat grass my mother
used to go out to work in the daytime, and come back in the evening.
I
used to light my fire and make tea for myself, till one rapturous morning I discovered that Hebe was fond of rising early too, and that she would like to light my fire and make my tea.
(though this is what Socrates regards as a proof that a city is entirely one), for the word All is
used in two senses; if it means each individual, what Socrates proposes will nearly take place; for each person will say, this is his own son, and his own wife, and his own property, and of everything else that may happen to belong to him, that it is his own.
"Poor critturs!" said Tom,-- "what made 'em cruel?--and, if I give out, I shall get
used to 't, and grow, little by little, just like 'em!
