Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

open to me to suppose that, when III this
act of recollection | seem to be reaching
the past, | am but grasping shadow.
But that the period was one of lapse from
my lofty principles of universal skepticism
is, alas beyond dispute. The romance
OF my love, my success with my pupil,
which continued despite my sentimental
distractions-I so far forgot myself as
taeitly to accept both a. verities, without
examination or inquiry.
was roused TO sense Of my stackness
in the latter respect by a letter from the
Duke, expressive of his content with my
services, and couched in terms whose
positiveness awoke the philosopher in me
and made me smile.
lie was in England for fortnight,
previous to reioining his family, now in
Italy. The cow tfsation he desired with
me ON the subject of his son took place at
his London residence, The young gentle
men progress in various departments of
knowledge, as displayed in his school
exercises, was astounding indeed, con-
sidering his years still, ! was but half
prepared for the tone taken by his father
ON the occasion of this interview.
II purposely," he said, ''retrained
from expressing to you my own opinion
of my son $ mental capacity, wishing you
To formyour estimate without any previous
bias. Your letters showed me it had
struck you as forcibly As had anticipated
and in looking over the exercises and
compositions you forwarded at my request,
| own myself more and more aston
ished. His progress these last six months
would be alarming, We're it not so well
f,if 2 - a s..1h oil
possibility of doubt the boy has extra
ordinary ability"
A proposition 50 crudely stated, in
terms OF unmitigated certainty, has at all
times distressing effect ON me. Nothing
could have more wildly brought home to
me the instability of the speaker posi-
| ton, and at the risk of wounding parental
partality, felt bound to protest.
"You look dubious said his Grace.
What is in your mind -
''For me to indurse 50 positive state
ment, - confessed, '.the point must first
be established, that the effect-theSe
school exercises-can be due to one cause
| only native cleverness. 1t is impossible
10y merely contemplating a phenomenon
10 say what was the cause.
no what else could it possibly he
due - he asked, perplexed. Take his
mastery of tile classical languages, AS it
appear, in his TRANSACTIONS. Could any
ornnary school-boy, without the help OF
a lirst-rate crib, he said laughing,
"hsve done anything approaching to it Z
1.-The use OF TRANSACTIONS" | ventured,
is, fear, very frequent among school
boys, and is certainly not regarded rs q
| henous crime. | would rather, Of course,
| suppose your son had never awaited niul-
| self OF one. That he should do 50 habit
ually is in the highest degree improbable.
| Still, | think it best to exercise no such
| strict surveillance as would put the
| possibility out OF the question; and by
| Inference alone We can arrive at nothing
stronger than probability.
"Well, said his Grace, smiling,
| perhaps at some "reminiscences of his own
school-days, 'slet US come to his com
| positions, prose and verse. Is it not
beyond question that subjects, treatment,
ideas, form, style, yersiication, show
amazing precoeity, when We consider
that these are the original poems and
essays of a boy OF fourteen n
Assuming that original they are
your Grace must pardon me-
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