In the schoolroom I found the most utter peace that I have ever found in my life. It was the realisation of the hopes we have been cherishing of supplying the children of the less privileged classes with mental food. I realised the mind is the same in every human being, and the mind of a little child which is born to the most ignorant man is open to the great things of the spirit. I marveled at their intelligence and their power, not only of narration, but of thinking and of uniting their thoughts together.
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