The young eagle had abruptly awakened to the knowledge that he possessed wings; and wings were for use--to soar with.

Ambition, the desire to mount aloft, touched and fired the boy's mind.

As he read, studied, and observed, while his hands were busy with his work, there was a constant fluttering going on in the eyrie of his thoughts.

By an instinct analogous to that which sends a duck to the water, the boy took to the discussion of public questions.

It was as if an innate force was directing him toward his mission--the reformation of great public wrongs.