His Brother Lawrence educated in England--Leaving Home--George at School when Five Years Old--His Teacher, Hobby--What a Biographer says of his Progress--The Homeschool--His Writing-book and Thoroughness--A Good Speller--Studying and Playing with all his Might--Best Runner, Wrestler, etc.--The School Grounds a Military Camp--An English and Spanish Army of Boys--Juvenile Commander-in-chief--A Quarrel that George could not Conquer--Truth-teller and Peacemaker--At Mr. Williams' School, and a Mother's Lesson--Studying Surveying--Mimic War--Surveying School-grounds--Later Surveying--Settling a Difficulty--Acting as Umpire--What Mr. Weems says--What Mrs. Kirkland says 52 IV. METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS. Doing Things Well--Dialogue with Lawrence--His "Book of Forms," and what a Schoolmate thought of it--His "Book of Problems:" its Use and Abuse--His "Book of Drawing"--Odd Moments--Preserving Bits of Prose and Verse--What Irving says--His "Rules of Behavior"--What Lawrence Washington and his Wife thought of them--Their Influence over him--Part of them Quoted--What Everett says of them--Author's Opinion--Sample Extract from his Copy-book--These show his Character--His Heart made a Level Head 72 V. FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS. His Father's Sudden Sickness--George at Chotauk--The Doctor's Opinion--Growing Worse, and Startling Revelation--George sent for--He arrived when his Father was dying--Affecting Scene--Death and Will--The Arabian Colt--Attempt to ride him--The Animal killed--George confessing his Wrong-doing--The "Lowland Beauty"--George in Love--A Human Heart after All--What Irving says about it--Naval Officers at Vernon--Wants to be a Midshipman--His Mother's Opposition, and Lawrence's Approval--Enlists--Appears before his Mother in Naval Costume--Her Grief--He does not go--His True Manliness asserts itself 82 VI. HIS MOTHER.