[172] Imitation of Jesus Christ, I., xi.
[173] Doctrine de la Vertu, trad. fr. p. 170.
We give here this catechism as an example of what might be done in a course of morals. The teacher can modify its form and developments as he thinks best.
[174] We can see by this that Kant understood youth. In a Socratic interrogation of this kind, the pupil, distrusting his powers, will always begin by being silent. It is only when he perceives that he knows what was asked him, that he ventures to answer, and answers well.
[175] We give this as a useful supplement to Chapter VIII. It is a lecture formerly delivered on the Union of Classes (1867, Revue des cours littéraires, v., p. 42).... We beg to be pardoned for what negligences of style may have crept into the improvisation.