The teacher has, therefore, only to remove obstructions and sources of pain, and the employment of his pupils will be of itself a pleasure.
"I am going to give you a new exercise to-day," said a teacher to a class of boys in Latin.

"I am going to have you parse your whole lesson in writing.

It will be difficult, but I think you may be able to accomplish it." The class looked surprised.

They did not know _what parsing in writing_ could be.
"You may first, when you take your seats, and are ready to prepare the lesson, write upon your slates a list of the ten first nouns that you find in the lesson, arranging them in a column.

Do you understand so far ?" "Yes, sir." "Then rule lines for another column, just beyond this.