Beyond his agricultural labors, we may suppose that his chief tasks were the cultivation of his mind, by close application to those studies which, in the condition of the country, sparsely settled, and without teachers, were usually very inadequately urged.

It does not appear that his acquisitions in this respect were more valuable than could be afforded at the present day by the simplest grammar-school of the country.

Here again we may trace the resemblance between his career and that of Washington.

Equally denied the advantages of education, they equally drew from the great mother-sources of nature.

Thrown upon their own thoughts, taught by observation and experience--the same results of character,--firmness, temperance, good sense, sagacious foresight, and deliberate prudence--became conspicuous in the conduct and career of both.