A most important truth, which we are apt to forget is dot a teacher can no er truly teach unless he is still learning. himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its c :Tame. The t teacher who has come to the end of his subject. who has no living traffic with his knowledge, but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds; he cannot quicken them. Truth not only must inform but inspire. If the inspiration dies cut, and the information only accumulates, then truth loses its infinity. The greater cart of our learning in the schools has been wasted became, for most • our teachers, their subjects are like dead specimens of once living things. with which they have a learned acquaintance but no communication of life and love.
