"I am going back to Ohio, to teach in the school where I prepared for college."
"What is the name of the school?"
"Hiram Institute."
"I never heard of it."
"It has only a local reputation."
"Will you get a high salary?"
"No; the institute is poor, and can pay me but little."
"I think you are making a mistake."
"Why so?"
"You are our best scholar, and no one can rival you in speaking in the societies. You should study law, and then go to one of our large cities and build up a reputation, instead of burying yourself in an out-of-the-way Ohio town, where you may live and die without the world hearing of you."