Green\'spupilscouldgenerallywriteinhisownlanguage，moreorless，andcould\"envisage\"things，aswesaidthen，fromhispointofview。Todothiswasbelieved，probablywithoutcause，tobeusefulinexaminations。Forone，Icouldnevertakeitmuchmoreseriously，neverbelievedthat\"theAbsolute，\"astheOxfordSpectatorsaid，hadreallybeen\"gotintoacorner。\"TheAbsolutehastoooftenbeenapparentlycornered，toooftenhasescapedfromthatsituation。SomewhereinanoldnotebookIbelieveIhaveaportraitinpencilofMr。GreenashewrestledatlecturewithAristotle，withtheNotion，withhischairandtable。Perhapshewasthelastofthatremarkableseriesofmen，whomayhavebegunwithWycliffe，amongwhomNewman\'sisafamousname，thatweresuccessivelyacceptedatOxfordasknowingsomethingesoteric，aspossessingashrewdguessatthesecret。
\"NonethelessIstillcameoutnowiserthanIwent。\"
Allofthesemastersandteachersmadetheirmark，probablywontheirhold，inthefirstplace，bydintofcharacter，notofsomepeculiarviewsoftheologyandphilosophy。DoubtlessitwasthesamewithSocrates，withBuddha。Tobelikethem，nottobelievewiththem，isthethingneedful。Buttheyoungerweare，theless，perhaps，weseethisclearly，andwepersuadeourselvesthatthereissomemysteryinthesemen\'spossession，somepieceofknowledge，somemethodofthinkingwhichwillleadustocertaintyandtopeace。Alas，theirsecretisincommunicable，andthereisnomoreaphilosophicthanthereisaroyalroadtotheCity。
ThismayseemadigressionfromAdventuresamongBooksintotheBookofHumanLife。Butwhilemuchofeducationisstillorallycommunicatedbylecturesandconversations，manythoughtswhicharetobefoundinbooks，GreekorGerman，reachusthroughthehearing。Therearemanypupilswhocanbestbetaughtinthisway；
but，forone，iftherebeaughtthatisdesirableinabook，I