Every effort was made by the enemies of true training and education, to crush the thing in the bud, and not only the thing, but also the man who developed it and worked it out.

Thank God, these inimical aims did not succeed.

Though worldly patrons failed, I had one Patron who never deserted me, but Who upheld and encouraged me from first to last, until the end was gained.

Not, however, all that was aimed at, but much of it, and the rest will follow or I am greatly mistaken.

I have in various places seen things that I earnestly contended for, but which were rejected at the time, at length established and their value seen.