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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.

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