It is best that the pupils should walk as fast as they can.

The object of the teacher should be to smooth the path not much more than barely enough to enable the pupil to go on.

He should not endeavor to make it very easy.
(2.) Truths must not only be taught to the pupils, but they must _fixed_, and _made familiar._ This is a point which seems to be very generally overlooked.
"Can you say the Multiplication Table ?" said a teacher to a boy who was standing before him in his class.
"Yes, sir." "Well, I should like to have you say the line beginning nine times one." The boy repeated it slowly, but correctly.
"Now I should like to have you try again, and I will, at the same time, say another line, to see if I can put you out." The boy looked surprised.

The idea of his teacher's trying to perplex and embarrass him was entirely new.
"You must not be afraid," said the teacher.

"You will undoubtedly not succeed in getting through, but you will not be to blame for the failure.