There are few men who were as devoted as Isaac Engle of Battelle, England. Engle was a servant in the same family for 100 years. Maybe it's a good idea if a child does have a thick skull after all. At least, a child who's born in Spain. That's where mothers believe they can make their children as smart as the sculptor Mateo, who designed the portico of glory in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. What the Spanish mother does is merely bump each child's head against the statue, hoping to knock a little of Mateo's wisdom into the child. Believe It or Not!
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