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" Read , and you will know , my child . " " Who lives on the other side of the world ? " " Read , and you will know . " " Why is the sky so blue ? " " Read , and you will know . " " Oh , mother , I would like to know everything . " " You can never know everything , my child . But you can learn many things from books . " " Yes , mother , I will read and then I will know . " He was a very little boy , but before he was three years old he could read quite well . When eight years of age he was the best scholar at the famous school at Harrow . He was always reading , learning , inquiring . " I want to know ; I want to know , " he kept saying . " Read , and you will know , " said his mother . " Read books that are true . Read about things that are beautiful and good . Read in order to become wise . " Do not waste your time in reading foolish books . Do not read bad books , they will make you bad . No book is worth reading that does not make you better or wiser . " And so William Jones went on reading and learning . He became one of the most famous scholars in the world . The king of England made him a knight and called him Sir William Jones . Sir William Jones lived nearly two hundred years ago . He was noted for his great knowledge , the most of which he had obtained from books . It is said that he could speak and write forty languages . THE YOUNG CUPBEARER I Long , long ago , there lived in Persia a little prince whose name was Cyrus . [ Footnote : Cyrus ( pro . si'rus ) . ] He was not petted and spoiled like many other princes . Although his father was a king , Cyrus was brought up like the son of a common man . He knew how to work with his hands . He ate only the plainest food . He slept on a hard bed . He learned to endure hunger and cold . When Cyrus was twelve years old he went with his mother to Media to visit his grandfather . His grandfather , whose name was Astyages , [ Footnote : Astyages ( pro . as ti'a jeez ) . ] was king of Media , and very rich and powerful . Cyrus was so tall and strong and handsome that his grandfather was very proud of him . He wished the lad to stay with him in Media . He therefore gave him many beautiful gifts and everything that could please a prince . One day King Astyages planned to make a great feast for the lad . The tables were to be laden with all kinds of food . There was to be music and dancing ; and Cyrus was to invite as many guests as he chose . The hour for the feast came . Everything was ready . The servants were there , dressed in fine uniforms . The musicians and dancers were in their places . But no guests came . " How is this , my dear boy ? " asked the king . " The feast is ready , but no one has come to partake of it . "
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