I Have Had An Aversion To Good Spelling For Sixty Years And More, Merely For The Reason That When I Was A Boy There Was Not A Thing I Could Do Creditably Except Spell According To The Book.

I Have Had An Aversion To Good Spelling For Sixty Years And More, Merely For The Reason That When I Was A Boy There Was Not A Thing I Could Do Creditably Except Spell According To The Book.

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I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more,
merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I
could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor
and mean distinction, and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that
this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an
acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a
product of your own labor. It is wages earned, whereas to be able to do
a thing merely by the grace of God, and not by your own effort,
transfers the distinction to our heavenly home - where possibly it is a
matter of pride and satisfaction, but it leaves you naked and bankrupt.

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