CHAPTER IX. 
A VISIT TO THE WIDOW AND THE FA THE E- 
LESS. 
TT must not be inferred that Ella Dean was 
acting with unmaidenly boldness when she 
invited the young students to row her across 
the lake, as she was conforming to the ex¬ 
pressed wishes of her father. Knowing that 
all instruction which leaves the heart untouch¬ 
ed will fail of any good results, he desired 
to use such agencies as would be likely to 
rouse the dormant sensibilities of his pupils. 
From his conversations with them he inferred 
that much of the difficulty, especially in the 
case of Davidson, was owing to the possession 
of highly-sensitive natures which had been left, 
from want of proper direction, to grow morbid. 
The result of such a course would be a great 
misconception of life and its possibilities. To 
arrest this morbid tendency by giving a truer 
impulsion to thoughts and energies, Doctor 
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