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Teaching (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠here its craftsman and here its material, and the matter is wholly in our control: so what is lacking?

Teaching (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠withholds the hurtful truth is cruelty: leave the pupil unreformed and one day he will blame you for having said nothing.

Teaching (n.) by ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠someone with no calling profanes the Mysteries: copying the hierophant's words without his purity, age or robe, as if the words were sacred in themselves.

Teaching (n.) without ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the right life is vulgarizing the Mysteries: copy the chapel, the hierophant, the torches, the words — and still nothing holy happens.

Teaching (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a foothold in the pupil: you can redirect a young man who already loves beauty, but go and persuade a pig not to roll in the mud.