XIX,

Sobel, the German Ceacher.

pou must remember,” said Carl, “that Sybel
died in 1838, at the age of thirty-four, at
Luckenwalde.”

Ludurg. Did he not live once at Pots-

   

dam ?

Carl, He did. He was connected with
a school there ; but it was before he came out fully and
clearly as an evangelical believer. And do you know,
Ludwig, I think a man must be crippled in his teaching
who is not a true Christian 2

Ludwig. You have taught me to think so, my dear
friend ; but how blind was I, when you took me up!
Though nominally a Catholic, I had ceased to believe
in the divinity of our Lord!

Carl. Neither did Sybel believe it at first. But let
me recur to his boyhood. You know how dreadful was
the war of 1813, 1814, 1815.

Ludwig. Ah, my father was killed in it!

Carl. You know, the whole of our countrymen |