Subject: Bio # 18
Omlor@aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 07:30:12 GMT
Hey Rocky, watch me pull an autobiography out of my hat...
Again?
Nothin' up my sleeve....
1. Courtesy and serenity of temper I first learnt to know from my grandfather
Verus.
2. Manliness without ostentation I learnt from what I have heard and remember
of my father.
3. My mother set me an example of piety and generosity, avoidance of all
uncharitableness -- not in actions only, but in thought as well -- and a
simplicity of life quite unlike the usual habits of the rich.
4. To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education
of the schools and have good masters at home instead -- and to realize that
no expense should be grudged for this purpose.
5. It was my tutor who dissuades me from patronizing Green or Blue at the
races, or Light and Heavy in the ring; and encouraged me not to be afraid of
work, to be sparing in my wants, attend to my own needs, mind my own
business, and never listen to gossip.
Whoops, that sure ain't me. Hey, this isn't a hat; it's a plant!
Now here's something we hope you'll *really* like...
--John
(# 8 and # 15 remain on the board -- no one's even guessed on 15...)
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