Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.

Even at Adam Smith's death Glasgow was a city of less than 50,000, less, that is, than the Kirkcaldy of 1951. … The pattern of the old city was simple; let us follow it out. … Across the ravine is the necropolis, a mountain of gravestones, with a monument of [John] Knox in the centre.

Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.

His lighthearted banjo performance was appreciated because it relieved the tension in tight situations.