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arms. This man was William Kingston, the son of 

 a laboring woman, and was ushered into this world 

 poor and helpless, for he had neither hands, arms, 

 nor shoulders. But nature had blessed him with 

 longer toes, and greater flexibility of feet and legs, 

 which by constant use made up for the deficiency 

 of hands and arms. He shaved himself regularly, 

 wrote plainly and distinctly, and in dressing and 

 undressing required assistance in buttoning and un 

 buttoning only certain portions of his dress. He 

 was at no loss at meals ; tea, coffee, and food were 

 conveyed by his feet with equal facility as by hand. 

 In the hay field he was as active as any other in 

 securing the crop, and performed every duty in the 

 haymaking process, except mowing and pitching. 

 Few were better milkers he worked at all the re 

 quirements of a dairy-farm, with the aforesaid ex 

 ceptions. He could cut the hay at the stack, and 

 take it to the cows and fodder them as well as 

 others did. 



But this deficient body was furnished with a ca 

 pacious head in which a mighty brain was stored. 

 When a mere boy, some compassionate neighbor 

 gave him a hen and chicken, then another gave 

 him a lamb. These fractions of a capital he nursed 

 and multiplied until he was able to procure a colt. 

 In the end he became possessed of a dairy-farm, 

 and died independent. It would seem clear that 

 his success depended exclusively on his head, seeing 

 that he was destitute of arms. 



Few facts could show more conclusively than 

 this, that he who is striving for success in life must 



