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He was looking out thoughtfully into the waning light, and I knew that his mind was busy with those days of the beginning of the institution he so loves, and whose continued success means so much to him. HE WAS LOOKING OUT THOUGHTFULLY OVER THE WANING LIGHT AND I KNEW THAT HIS MIND WAS BUSY IN THOSE DAYS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE INSTITUTION HE SO LOVES AND WHOSE CONTINUED SUCCESS MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM
o think so,’ said he, ‘but I have not been able to see anything clearly. I want to study, and am ready to give every spare minute to it, but I don’t know how to get at it.’ “I thought a few minutes, as I looked at him. He was strong in his desire and in his ambition to fulfil it--strong enough, physically and mentally, for work of the body and of the mind--and he needed something more than generalizations of sympathy. “‘Come to me one evening a week and I will begin teaching you myself,’ I said, ‘and at least you will in that way make a beginning’; and I named the evening. “His face brightened and he eagerly said that he would come, and left me; but in a little while he came hurrying back again. ‘May I bring a friend with me?’ he said. “I told him to bring as many as he wanted to, for more than one would be an advantage, and when the evening came there were six friends with him. And that first evening I began to teach them the foundations of Latin.” He stopped as if the story was over. T TO WIN HIS DESIRE I HAVE TRIED TO THINK SO SAID HE BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING CLEARLY I WANT TO STUDY AND I AM READY TO GIVE EVERY SPARE MINUTE TO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AT IT I THOUGHT A FEW MINUTES AND I LOOKED AT HIM HE WAS STRONG IN HIS DESIRE AND IN HIS AMBITION TO FULFIL IT STRONG ENOUGH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FOR WORK OF THE BODY AND OF THE MIND AND HE NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAN GENERALIZATIONS OF SYMPATHY COME TO ME ONE EVENING A WEEK AND I WILL BEGIN TEACHING YOU MYSELF I SAID AND AT LEAST YOU WILL IN THAT WAY MAKE A BEGINNING AND I NAMED THE EVENING HIS FACE BRIGHTENED AND HE EAGERLY SAID THAT HE WOULD COME AND LEFT ME BUT IN A LITTLE WHILE HE CAME HURRYING BACK AND SAID MAY I BRING A FRIEND WITH ME HE SAID I TOLD HIM TO BRING AS MANY AS HE WANTED TO FOR MORE THAN ONE WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE AND WHEN THE EVENING CAME THERE WERE SIX FRIENDS WITH HIM AND THAT FIRST EVENING I BEGAN TO TEACH THEM THE FOUNDATIONS OF LATIN HE STOPPED AS IF THE STORY WERE OVER
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