" "Certainly, my dear majorcertainly, my dear Mr. Robertmy old pupil, and, I hope, my friendall this is true enough, and very natural.

An intelligent pupil seldom or never gives too little weight to the opinion of his teacher: a wise teacher will never repress the free action of his pupils' minds, even when they begin to question his results.

He took with him ultimately two other pupils, Robert Wilberforce and Isaac Williams of Trinity.