922 DOCENDO DISCIMUS.

Both were fond of teaching, but they succeeded in
different ways. Carl had owed to Barry some of his
best thoughts about school management; but now he
began to improve upon them, and strike out some
paths for himself. Barry’s remarkable turn for natural
history led him to undertake extensive pedestrian
tours; and he spent almost a whole summer in the
swamps and pines of New Jersey, and along the sea-
‘shore, collecting the plants of those rich localities,
During this time the government of the academy fell
almost entirely into Carl’s hands. He always had,
indeed, his excellent friend, Mr. Mill, to fall back upon,
in case of any doubt or difficulty.

There is nothing which brings out a young man’s
powers more than responsibility; and there are few
persons by whom this is more painfully or more early
felt than young schoolmasters. This discipline makes
men of them. It is one of the reasons why teaching
is so extensively the road to success and promotion.
Carl found this to be the case. He often paced the
floor in anxiety when some new study was to come on,
or when some arrogant boy braved his authority, or
when some perverse parent took the side of a rebellious
child; but most of all was he filled with anxiety when
habits of idleness or vice threatened any one of his —
school. Yet all these things together made him feel
his accountability, and his need of divine aid. From
day to day he had a sort of modest feeling that he was