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maieutic character of my office,--which means that
I should do all I could to make my hearers think for
themselves, by which I earned the gratitude of men who
are useful to mankind. I should insist that they must
not suppose that my opinions were bound to be correct,
but must work out their own ways of thinking. But now
that there are but four lectures, and all falling in one
week, the case is otherwise. I must beg you to remember
that comprehension comes first and criticism later.
It will be as much as you can possibly do in this week
with diligent endeavors, to understand what I mean
by logic and what the general outline of my system is. In
order to do as much as that you must endeavor to take
up a sympathetic attitude,--to try to catch what it is
that I am driving at, and to store up in your minds

maieutic character of my office,--which means that
I should do all I could to make my hearers think for
themselves, by which I earned the gratitude of men who
are useful to mankind. I should insist that they must
not suppose that my opinions were bound to be correct,
but must work out their own ways of thinking. But now
that there are but four lectures, and all falling in one
week, the case is otherwise. I must beg you to remember
that comprehension comes first and criticism later.
It will be as much as you can possibly do in this week
with diligent endeavors, to understand what I mean
by logic and what the general outline of my system is. In
order to do as much as that you must endeavor to take
up a sympathetic attitude,--to try to catch what it is
that I am driving at, and to store up in your minds