Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

THE STANDING-GROUND OP PHILOSOPHY187well and what ill managed; who must make hisrounds like a physician, and feel pulses. To onepatient he says, c You have a fever;' to another, ' Youhave headache ;' to another, 'You have the gout, Yon,sir, must take exercise; You, sir, must eat; Youmust avoid the bath ; You must have an operation ;You must be cauterised.' How can one who is bounddomestic duties find leisure for this ? Must henot find clothes for his children, send them to schoolwith satchel ? . . . Considering, then, the presentdistress,1 we think not marriage good for the teacher.But then, say you, how will he maintain society ?Good heavens, is it a greater benefit to men to bringtwo or three ill-conditioned children among them,than to be a bishop over them, to see what they do,how they live, what they take care of and what theyneglect? Which did greater good to the Thebans,they who left them children, or Epaminondas, whodied childless ? Who contributed most to society ?Priam, Danaus, ^Bolus, with their wretched broodsof fifty, or Homer ? Shall military or civil commanddebar from marriage and family life, and the teacher'sroyalty not be deemed an equivalent ? Do not wefail to see his greatness ? For, my friend, he hasmade all " men his children :/the men he counts forsons, the women for daughters. Thus he approachesall; thus he cares for all. Do you suppose that itis as a busybody that he censures ? Nay, it is asfather, as brother, as servant of the common father,Zeus. . . . Kings and tyrants have guards with armsin their hands, and so they can punish, but it is con-1 TOLdtiTTjs oftrT/s /raracrrds, ota vvv ¬