I want him to know figures, and write like print, and see into things quick, and know what folks mean, and how to wrap things up in words as aren't actionable.

It's an uncommon fine thing, that is," concluded Mr.Tulliver, shaking his head, "when you can let a man know what you think of him without paying for it." "Oh, my dear Tulliver," said Mr.Riley, "you're quite under a mistake about the clergy; all the best schoolmasters are of the clergy.

The schoolmasters who are not clergymen are a very low set of men generally." "Ay, that Jacobs is, at the 'cademy," interposed Mr.Tulliver.
"To be sure,--men who have failed in other trades, most likely.

Now, a clergyman is a gentleman by profession and education; and besides that, he has the knowledge that will ground a boy, and prepare him for entering on any career with credit.

There may be some clergymen who are mere bookmen; but you may depend upon it, Stelling is not one of them,--a man that's wide awake, let me tell you.