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hab its. T h ere are, no doubt, instances w hich seem
ingly tell in favor of the rev o lu tio n ary or dem o
cratic th e o ry , of w hich the follow ing anecdote is
one: In th e m on th o f O ctober last a t the final
ex am ination prev io us to entering th e H ig h School
a yo u th , n am ed R — , w hose m o th er keeps a ve
getable stand a t E lsinore , obtained th e h ig h est
c h a ra c te r, and received his ap pointm en t o f Second
L ieuten an t.
T h e result o f the exam ination n o t
being m ade p ublicly know n for a week, the young
m a n , w ishing to gladden th e h e art o f his p a re n t,
com m unicated in an e x ce lle n t, m o d est, sensible
letter to his m o th er the resu lt as regarded h im self,
begging h e r to keep it an entire secret from e v ery
one else till its public announcem ent.
T h e tem p
tation , how ever, w as too strong for the fo n d , vain
h e a rt of the p o o r m o th e r, w h o , d isreg ard ing th e
judicious injunction of h e r talented son, shew ed th e
letter to som e m erchants o f E lsinore, h e r custom ers,
w ith one o f w hom I happened a t the tim e to b e
sta y in g , and thus obtained a sight o f it a few
m inutes afte r its delivery by the post.
3.
Sacadetacademiet
,
The Naval Aca
demy
in B red g ad e, founded in 1781, b u t really
only a developem ent o f the N avigation School in-r
stituted b y C hristian IV . in 1647. T h e Cadets, o r