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Does not every boy and girl like to go in the 

 fields and "get" things? She was not thinking 

 of the subject-matter; or if she did think of it, 

 she knew that it coidd take care of Itself. All 

 she was thinking of — poor soul ! — was to Inter- 

 est and educate the children. And she knew 

 that If she set a subject and followed It unre- 

 mittingly day by day the seats would soon be 

 vacant. 



The man was thinking of his college students; 

 perhaps he had not considered that these stu- 

 dents already liked the subject and needed only 

 instruction. He forgot that you cannot force 

 a pel son to choose a thing, although you may 

 force him to take it. His were picked students, 

 one from this town and another from that; hers 

 were all the pupils in her little community. His 

 pupils had seen and had chosen; to hers the 

 world was all unseen and untried. His were 

 the one In a hundred; hers were the entire hun- 

 dred. His students had elected the subject; for 

 this subject perhaps they were to live; they 

 would Increase the boundaries of knowledge; 



