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Dillon Wallace. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell
The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell
Table of Contents
Foreword
ILLUSTRATIONS
IToC
THE SANDS OF DEE
IIToC
THE NORTH SEA FLEETS
IIIToC
ON THE HIGH SEAS
IVToC
DOWN ON THE LABRADOR
FOOTNOTES:
VToC
THE RAGGED MAN IN THE RICKETY BOAT
VIToC
OVERBOARD!
VIIToC
IN THE BREAKERS
VIIIToC
AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
IXToC
IN THE DEEP WILDERNESS
XToC
THE SEAL HUNTER
XIToC
UNCLE WILLIE WOLFREY
XIIToC
A DOZEN FOX TRAPS
XIIIToC
SKIPPER TOM'S COD TRAP
FOOTNOTES:
XIVToC
THE SAVING OF RED BAY
XVToC
A LAD OF THE NORTH
XVIToC
MAKING A HOME FOR THE ORPHANS
XVIIToC
THE DOGS OF THE ICE TRAIL
FOOTNOTES:
XVIIIToC
FACING AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD
XIXToC
HOW AMBROSE WAS MADE TO WALK
XXToC
LOST ON THE ICE FLOE
XXIToC
WRECKED AND ADRIFT
XXIIToC
SAVING A LIFE
XXIIIToC
REINDEER AND OTHER THINGS
XXIVToC
THE SAME GRENFELL
Printed in the United States of America
Obvious typos fixed:
"book" for "look", page 132 "alseep" for "asleep", page 195 (twice) "hundrel" for "hundred", page 214 "seaprated" for "separated", page 216 "Malcom's" for "Malcolm's", page 228 (twice) "bad" for "bade", page 156 "Trezize" for "Trevize", page 38
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Dillon Wallace
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Observing the old doctor jogging along the country roads visiting his far-scattered patients, it occurred to Grenfell that here was not only a pleasant but a useful profession. With his knowledge of medicine the doctor assisted nature in restoring people to health. Man must have a well body if he would be happy and useful. Without a well body man's hands would be idle and his brain dull. Only healthy men could invent and build and administer. It was the doctor's job to keep them fit. Here then was creative work of the highest kind! The thought thrilled him!
Every boy of the right sort yearns to be of the greatest possible use in the world. Unselfishness is a natural instinct. Boys are not born selfish. They grow selfish because of association or training, and because they see others about them practicing selfishness. Grenfell's whole training had been toward unselfishness and usefulness. Here was a life calling that promised both unselfish and useful service and at the same time would gratify his desire to be a great deal out of doors, and he decided at once that he would study medicine and be a doctor.
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