[The Teacher by Jacob Abbott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Teacher CHAPTER V 27/58
You will see that his name is not at the beginning of it, as it is in his other epistles: so it was put last. Then comes the Epistle of James.
Will you see whether it is longer than any that come after it? The boys, after a minute's examination, answer, "Yes, sir;" "Yes, sir." "What comes next ?" "The epistles of Peter." "Yes; and you will see that the longest of Peter's epistles is next in length to that of James's; and, indeed, all his are arranged in the order of their length." "Yes, sir." "What comes next ?" "John's." "Yes; and they are arranged in the order of their length.
Do you now understand the principle of the arrangement of the epistles ?" "Yes, sir." "I should like to have any of you who are interested in it to try to express this principle in a few sentences, on paper, and lay it on my desk to-morrow, and I will read what you write.
You will find it very difficult to express it.
Now you may lay aside your books.
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