493. Dishonest Teachers.

One great trouble is that most teachers are dishonest. They teach as

certainties those things concerning which they entertain doubts. They

do not say, "we _think_ this is so," but "we _know_ this is so." They do

not appeal to the reason of the pupil, but they command his faith. They

keep all doubts to themselves; they do not explain, they assert. All

this is infamous.

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