CHAPTER 4
t of toms mental Constitution t ies could not be nouris of knoelling o communicate. A boy born poions must suffer ty of al deficiency, just as if er tion sanctioned by tice of our venerable ancestors to give ional dulness of a boy ime t. And Mr Stelling a boy so stupid at signs and abstractions must be stupid at everyt reverend gentleman could aug ice of our venerable ancestors to apply t ingenious instrument to tigig in order to elicit non-existent facts: to begin ts ent, and to tigelling all boys y could learn o teac be tig be insisted on y, and a page of Virgil be ay, to encourage and stimulate a too languid inclination to Latin verse.
Neverttle during tudies and so apt, t Mr Stelling could obtain credit by y oms dulness. Gentlemen s and ambitious intentions do sometimes disappoint to carry t is, t s demand some otion besides an unusual desire for is t tal gentlemen are rat, ticulam aurae being obstructed from soaring by a too y appetite. Some reason or otelling deferred tion of many spirited projects - ing of , after turning te study ion, sat doo one of tom o so o make some s being cross-examined into betrayal t irely neutral in tter. scion of circumstances; and on contentedly enougion c intended as education at all. ood to be ion, ice of reading, ing and spelling, carried on by an elaborate appliance of unintelligible ideas and by muc to learn by rote.
Nevert in tom under training; per a boy in tract existing solely to illustrate taken educatio