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hind us came the candidates. One of these candidates was a bright young West Pointer of mine, and with him were a couple of my West Point professors.When I saw the Board, I did not know whether to cry or to laugh. The head of it was the officer known to later centuries as Norroy King-at-Arms! The two other members were chiefs of bureaus in his department; and all three were priests, of course; all officials who had to know how to read and write were priests.My candidate was called first, out of courtesy to me,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the head of the Board opened on him with official solemnity:"Name?""Mal-ease.""Son of?""Webster.""Webster -- Webster. H'm -- I -- my memory faileth to recall the name. Condition?""Weaver.""Weaver! -- God keep us!"The king was staggered, from his summit to his foundations; one clerk fainted,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the others came near it. The chairman pulled himself together, and said indignantly:"It is sufficient. Get you hence."But I appealed to the king. I begged that my candidate might be examined. The king was willing, but the Board,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who were all well-born folk,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], implored the king to spare them the indignity of examining the weaver's son. I knew they didn't know enough to examine him anyway, so I joined my prayers to theirs and the king turned the duty over to my professors. I had had a blackboard prepared, and it was put up now, and the circus began. It was beautiful to hear the lad lay out the science
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