[Christian Science by Mark Twain]@TWC D-Link bookChristian Science CHAPTER VI 10/48
Tuition, three hundred dollars. "Course in metaphysical obstetrics includes six daily lectures, and is open only to students from this college.
Tuition, one hundred dollars. "Class in theology, open (like the above) to graduates, receives six additional lectures on the Scriptures, and summary of the principle and practice of Christian Science, two hundred dollars. "Normal class is open to those who have taken the first course at this college; six daily lectures complete the Normal course.
Tuition, two hundred dollars. "No invalids, and only persons of good moral character, are accepted as students.
All students are subject to examination and rejection; and they are liable to leave the class if found unfit to remain in it. "A limited number of clergymen received free of charge. "Largest discount to indigent students, one hundred dollars on the first course. "No deduction on the others. "Husband and wife, entered together, three hundred dollars. "Tuition for all strictly in advance." There it is--the horse-leech's daughter alive again, after a three-century vacation.
Fifty or sixty hours' lecturing for eight hundred dollars. I was in error as to one matter: there are no charity students. Gratis-taught clergymen must not be placed under that head; they are merely an advertisement.
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