Lion-Hearted Flusser (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lion-Hearted FlusserAfter his appointment as midshipman came, in the summer of 1847, he studied for the Naval Academy entrance examination sitting under the low-spreading branches of a large tree in the garden, six-year-old sister Fanny comfortably placed in the tree with her doll, and the baby brother, Guy, in the cradle rocked by his foot. He was thus to his last day at home always relieving his dear mother of care and worry. On leaving home, he kissed them good-bye and said, Don't cry little Fan, I am going to earn lots of money for you and mother. When at sea, he al~ ways left a half-pay ticket for the mother.At Annapolis he was a favorite, and all reports of service there and at sea were commendatory. While a midshipman his cap: tain reported him fully competent to perform the duties of higher grades. His yearly standing continually improved. In June, 1853, it was number four, with 88 per cent of the combined maximum multiple, and mathematics 97 per cent, French 97 per cent, gunnery 86 per cent, seamanship and tactics 76 per cent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.