wonderful control over boys. He was sprightly,
ardent, and steady--bore a fine moral character
and was respected highly by all his acquaintances.
The school in which he taught was owned by the
first gentlemen in New London, all of whom were
exceedingly gratified by Hale's skill and assiduity."

A lady of New London who was for some time
an inmate of the same family with Hale, adds her
testimony:

"His capacity as a teacher was highly appreciated
both by parents and pupils. His simple and unostentatious
manner of imparting right views and
feelings to less cultivated understandings was unsurpassed
by any other person I have ever known."

He was, as we see, a successful teacher, and, as
we learn elsewhere, had serious thoughts of remaining
a teacher.

Unexpectedly, however, events verified the truth
of the old adage, "Man proposes, God disposes."
A great historical drama was to be enacted before
the eyes of the wondering world, and events were
ripening that were to form a great epoch in history.

America was being led first to protest against the
unjust exactions laid upon its people, and then to
resist the oppressions that were being forced upon
it. Gradually the idea prevailed that a taxation
which might have been acceptable, if coupled with

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