LECTURES. 65 



school, was full of fascination and lively animation: 

 but to us, who had studied under the Master, it was 

 one with "the whole head sick, and the whole heart 

 faint." 



In presenting the history of this second and last 

 year of Penikese Island, if I have followed my diary 

 somewhat closely, and thus of necessity repeated 

 many things that had already been said in any pre- 

 vious chapter, I hope that they will not appear ob- 

 jectionable on such account since they may intro- 

 duce us to new features of the original plan, and 

 lead us to new pleasures in the inexhaustable field of 

 research. 



