Tell your children, too, that we must all be learners in our beginnings,—that there is an alphabet to be mastered in every kind of knowledge,—that the best horse in the world had need once to be broken,—that a day will come when they will see the wisdom of all your training. But in the meantime if you say a thing is right; it must be enough for them,—they must believe you, and be content. Parents, if any point in training is important, it is this. I charge you by the affection you have to your children,