This chapter's epigraph is from a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow's poem, "Alone in the Forest," is about a young man who has lost his way and is unable to find his way home. The young man asks his uncle if he can help him, and the uncle replies that he can, but that he is not qualified to teach the young man because his future achievements will be much greater than his own. The uncle then asks the little brother if he would like to be his martial brother.