Cimon and Aleph answered in the negative. I am not sure but that I agree with them. Doubtless a council of war may be as holy as a prayer-meeting. I once knew of one that was holier, but that began with a prayer.

But a narrative is like a star—it perishes if it stops moving. So let us proceed.

V.
THE UNIVERSITY.

Ο δὲ παῖς, πάντων θηριων, ὲστὶ δυσμεταχειριστότατον.

—Plato, Leg. vii. 14.

Of all wild beasts, a boy is the hardest to manage.