He is always watching, observing, studying: the earth, the stars, growing things; he never comes to a meal but he has seen something that he has or will study out for all of us.

There never has been one day in our home on which he did not read a new interesting article from book or paper; work out a big problem, or discuss some phase of politics, religion, or war.

Sometimes there has been a little of all of it in one day, always reading, spelling, and memory exercises at night.

He has a sister who twice in her life has repeated the Bible as a test before a committee.

He, himself, can go through the New Testament and all of the Old save the books of the generations.