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قراءة كتاب Nathan Hale
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TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS
NATHAN HALE
BY
JEAN CHRISTIE ROOT
"O Beautiful! my Country! ...,
What were our lives without thee?
What all our lives to save thee?
We reck not what we gave thee;
We will not dare to doubt thee,
But ask whatever else, and we will dare!"
Commemoration Ode,
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.
Cleveland, O. New York, N. Y.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1915,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1915. Reprinted
August, 1925; March, 1929.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
|---|---|
| Nathan Hale's Early Years | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| College Days | 12 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A Call to Teach | 29 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| A Call to Arms | 44 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| Hale's Zeal as a Soldier | 60 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| A Perilous Service | 71 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| Grief for the Young Patriot | 91 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Tributes to Nathan Hale | 103 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| Nathan Hale's Friends | 114 |
| The Rev. Joseph Huntington, D.D. | 114 |
| Alice Adams | 118 |
| Benjamin Tallmadge | 125 |
| William Hull | 129 |
| Stephen Hempstead | 133 |
| Asher Wright | 136 |
| Elisha Bostwick | 137 |
| Edward Everett Hale | 140 |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Ancestors and Descendants of Nathan Hale's Parents | 143 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Asserted Betrayal of Nathan Hale | 147 |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Contrasts Between Hale and André | 152 |
CHAPTER I
Nathan Hale's Early Years
It is to-day a recognized fact that no life worthy of our reverence, or even a life calculated to awaken our fear, is the result of accident. Whatever may be the character, its basis has been the result of long-developing causes. This the life of Nathan Hale well illustrates. He was born at a time and under influences that were sure to develop the best qualities in him. He was an immediate descendant of the best of the Puritans on both sides of the sea. His great-grandfather, John Hale, was the son of Robert Hale, who came to America in 1632. John Hale graduated from Harvard in 1657 and was the