198 m THE HIDING-SCHOOL. 



from the time when all learning was received 

 from men whose title to respect rested not only 

 on their wisdom but on their ecclesiastical office, 

 and who expected and received as much defer- 

 ence from their pupils as from their congrega- 

 tions. Undeniably, there are unruly children in 

 European schools, but their rebelliousness is 

 never encouraged, and their teachers are ex- 

 pected to quell it, not to submit to it, much less 

 to endeavor to avoid it by giving no commands 

 which are distasteful. Even in the worst con- 

 ducted private schools on the continent, there 

 is always at least one master who must be 

 obeyed, whose authority is held as beyond ap- 

 peal, and in the school conducted either by the 

 church or by civil authority, the duty of enforc- 

 ing perfect discipline is regarded as quite as 

 imperative as that of demanding well-learned 

 lessons. 



Passing through these institutions, the young 

 European enters the military school with as lit- 

 tle thought of disputing any order which may 

 be given him as of arguing with the priest who 

 states a theological truth from the pulpit. And, 

 indeed, had he been reared under the tutelage 



