A man in any other business may _force_ himself away from it for a time, but the cares and anxieties of his business will follow him wherever he goes.

It seems to be reserved for the teacher to enjoy alone the periodical luxury of a _real and entire release from business and care_.

On the whole, as to confinement, it seems to me that the teacher has little ground of complaint.
There are, however, some real and serious difficulties which always have, and, it is to be feared, always will, cluster around this employment; and which must, for a long time, at least, lead most men to desire some other employment for the business of life.

There may perhaps be some who, by their peculiar skill, can overcome or avoid them, and perhaps the science of teaching may, at some future day, be so far improved that all may avoid them.

As I describe them, however, now, most of the teachers into whose hands this treatise may fall will probably find that their own experience corresponds, in this respect, with mine.
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