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way, and hold him up in it as you would teach a little
child to walk,”

“ Barry, there is really something in what you ‘say.
Suppose you give me another example.”

“Very well. Take the case of Tom Mowbray. He
had an ugly trick of speaking in a very cross manner
to his little brother. When I began to deal with him
I did nothing but point out his error. This he saw,
but still he was as cross as before. At length Dr.
Newman took him in hand, and in a smiling way said
to him, ‘ Mowbray, I see you disapprove several things
in little James. Now let me advise you to speak to
him thus.’ And then he showed him how to address
his brother, and how to reprove him with a kind
and persuasive tone. After a few days’ training the
whole manner of the youth was altered, Both the
boys improved rapidly, and every one observes the in-
crease of their mutual affection. The doctor brought
him out of the wrong way by putting him into the
right.”

“ But you would tell him of the wrong way too, would
you not?” :

“Certainly,” said Barry; “but this is telling him
only part, and, as I said just now, the lesser part.
The great thing in all training is to lead along in the
right way. Look at old Donald when you return, and
observe how he trains his vines. Just so would I train
a boy to learn his Greek verbs. And allow me to say,