Meantime he worked away at his books and attended his classes at Cornelius Institute, which was the name of the private school he had been attending, till July 16, the commencement day.

In recording his impressions of the school and the acquaintances there made, he says that with one possible exception the young men were of little interest to him, lacking earnestness of character.

He does not name the teachers or give the location of the school.

Yet he says his experience there had been useful "and chastened my hopes.

I have seen by means of it much more clearly into the workings of Protestantism, its want of deep spirituality, its superficiality, and its inevitable tendency to no-religion." As may be supposed, his visits to Third Street became frequent, and his acquaintance with the Fathers better established.