Ye know it's possible that the apple will float along down into the still water where you can pick it up by and by.

The important thing is to keep going ahead." This bit of fatherly counsel was a help to the boy.
"I've got a book here that I want you to read," Abe went on.

"It is the _Life of Henry Clay_.

Take it home and read it carefully and then bring it back and tell me what you think of it.

You may be a Henry Clay yourself by and by.