How our Heaven-sent Reformers are received, we know: Truth on the scaffold; and, on the throne, whoever helps us to confuse convenient fiction with fact. The world is surely old enough to behave less like a class of ill-bred school-boys than it has as yet done; it might prepare itself to give to its future Seers a reception more worthy than it has given to Seers in the past. All we who are engaged in mathematical teaching may contribute to that end, if we take pains to make our pupils distinguish between Truth and the mere accessories of study. We may also do something to train the rising generation in a comprehension of the difference between true and false criticism; we may accustom them to combine the fearless loyalty which compels a learner to express frankly his real difficulties and doubts with the respectful courtesy which checks irreverent and thoughtless cavil.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SABBATH OF FREEDOM.
"Let not the son of the stranger that hath joined himself to the Lord, say, The Lord hath utterly separated me from His people; for thus saith the Lord: The sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord to serve Him, every one that keepeth the sabbath and taketh hold of My covenant; even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer."
Isaiah lvi., 3-7.
If we visit a well-conducted Gymnasium in a school, we find rhythmic pulsation exhibited in the exercises in more than one form. In some, a limb is sharply thrown out from the body, and immediately
