What should you say to such a company as that ?" The boys laughed.
"It is better," said the teacher, "when numbers are acting under the direction of one, that they should all act _exactly together_.

In this way we advance much faster than we otherwise should.

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what I command, and nothing more.
"_Provide a place on your slates large enough to write a single line_," added the teacher, in a distinct voice.

I print his orders in Italics, and his remarks and explanations in Roman letters.
"_Prepare to write_.
"I mean by this," he continued, "that you place your slates before you with your pencils at the place where you are to begin, so that all may commence precisely at the same instant." The teacher who tries such an experiment as this will find at such a juncture an expression of fixed and pleasant attention upon every countenance in school.

All will be intent, all will be interested.