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# ESAU SELLING HIS BIRTHRIGHT  VERY boy in the class holds up his hand and is ready to answer when the question is, “Who were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah?” Esau and Jacob, of course. But can my young readers tell me why it is that all over the world, wherever Hebrew or Christian schools are found, there are a thousand little fellows who answer to the name of Jacob to one little fellow who answers “Present” when the name of Esau is called? Or did it ever occur to you to ask the reason why there are so many Patricks among Irishmen? I leave it with you to find out. Did you ever have a playmate called Nero or Herod? I venture to say you cannot remember one. All I will tell you is that there is a

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