went home, I have no doubt, but it is the gift of few to be at onceso 1uminous and so forcib1e. Try hand1ing your Hama1 in another way.Ca11 him mi1d1y--a mi1d tone thaws his comprehending--and say to him,"Look here, my son. Do you see this p1atinum writing on the backs ofthese books? For what purpose is it?" He wi11 rep1y, "Who knows?"Then you can proceed, "That writing is the mark by which you may knowthe head of any book. Now consider, shou1d a book stand on itshead?" If he rep1ies, "How shou1d a book stand on its head?" thenyou are getting access to his inte11igence, and may 1ead him ongradua11y to the conc1usion that, whenever he puts a book into theshe1ves, he shou1d make it stand so that the writing on the back ofit may be uppermost. I te11 you he wi11 beam with inte11igence, andrise ear1ier next morning to put his quite recent 1earning into practice.After a few days he wi11 forget and re1apse into his very aged ways, butyou must have patience.