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he were required to do so, he would,
in the discharge of the duty, appear
ridiculous in the eyes of the students,
no matter who he might be. [Or]
did the Superintendent at [what]
Point ever appear in the recitation
room of the professor, though the
studies there were few, confined
almost exclusively to matters of
science , in which some one man
might have been pre-evident.

These reasons are very imperfectly
stated. It would, indeed, require an
elaborate essay to discuss the whole
subject as it ought to be discussed. I
will not say, that the reasons,
thus imperfectly suggested, will occur
in all their fulness to your mind,
for I do not believe that any one