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Next, training must be by stages gradual, progressive, 

 pari passu with, the aptitude of the pupil, his acquisition of 

 knowledge and the power of applying it. 



The trouble that is necessary at one stage may not be so 

 at another. Laborious instruction in every detail may be 

 required at first, then careful and constant supervision, 

 while at last the desire to learn and the aptitude for learning 

 may become such that the intelligent animal works by itself. 



Then education cannot be too systematic and thorough. 

 So systematic is it in some cases for instance, in the training 

 of piping bullfinches in some parts of Germany and the Tyrol 

 that there are regular schools, seminaries, or academies, 

 with regular classes of scholars, according to their stages of 

 progress, presided over by head masters, assisted by tutors, the 

 pupils being scolded or rewarded according to their deserts 

 the nature of their performances. In Belgium, again, there 

 are schools for the training of home-flying pigeons ; while 

 regular training stations have been established by Germany 

 for homing pigeons at Metz, Strasburg, Coblentz, Mayence, 

 Berlin, and elsewhere. In our own country certain stables 

 and kennels may be considered academies for the regular 

 training of race-horses and sporting dogs. 



There is, then, a regular course, series, or system of lessons 

 in the ' breaking in ' of horses and dogs, and in the training 

 of carrier pigeons, and of the race-horse or of the working 

 elephant. 



The teacher himself should possess personal qualities of 

 a kind that render him specially suited for the work he has 

 undertaken. These qualities include 



1. Good temper, involving forbearance, patience, gentle- 

 ness, kindliness. 



2. Sympathy for and with his pupils. 



3. A knowledge of the capacities of his pupils, on the one 

 hand, and of the principles of education on the other. 



4. Tact in the ready power of adaptation to the moods 

 and character of his pupils, to time and place, and other cir- 

 cumstances in the power of gaining confidence, esteem, 

 affection. 



5. The necessary kind and degree of firmness. 



