I cannot stop to describe our amusements.  I went to school with a more hopeful, manly spirit than I ever did before, and to the astonishment of Dr Summers, set to with a will at everything he gave me to do, and before long was nearly up at the head of my class.  I wished to please my father, and to follow his advice, that I am sure of; but I confess that I was powerfully influenced by another motive.  From what he had said, I saw that this was the surest way of obtaining the accomplishment of my wishes.