939 SYBEL, THE GERMAN TEACHER.

of a public gymnasium (Turnplatz), where I may, at
any time, run and take bodily exercise. I use one of
my vacant hours, from two to three, for this, as it is
unsuited for work; but alas! I doit alone. Thus far,
they have been mostly running, especially up hill.
Now, I am adding motions of the arms. I gather
stones, and cast them right and left, far into the air, or
at a mark. To-day I have practised with some pretty
large stones, upon a somewhat steep hill) After such
exertion, I feel quite fresh and joyous.” By the side
of his desk, where he spent so many hours of study and
prayer, he kept a pair of dumb-bells, for strengthening
the chest. In his walks, he often carried in his pocket
a cord, which he would use among the forest trees in
swinging and vaulting exercises.

Ludwig. I love this lively temper.

Carl. It was equally manifest in his whole career.
He encouraged himself amidst discouragements by
Christian hopes, and no men need such cheering more
than teachers. In one of his letters, he writes thus :—

“ The schoolmaster must not be too intent on gather-
ung the fruit. The seed ripens slowly. One waters,
another harvests. Some may even pull up the seed —
sown unless it be well-rooted. And how much falls
by the wayside? And how often might the very way-
side have become good soil, if the husbandman had only
put in his plough with strength, and begun at the right

place ! ”