He declared that his son was now his one
living purpose in life, and he sketched out a scheme of moral and
intellectual training that he subsequently embodied in five very
stimulating and intimate articles for the SCHOOL WORLD, but never
put into more than partial operation.
"I have read my father's articles upon this subject," wrote Benham,
"and I am still perplexed to measure just what I owe to him. Did he
ever attempt this moral training he contemplated so freely? I don't
think he did. I know now, I knew then, that he had something in his
mind. . . . There were one or two special walks we had together, he
invited me to accompany him with a certain portentousness, and we
would go out pregnantly making superficial remarks about the school
cricket and return, discussing botany, with nothing said.
"His heart failed him.
"Once or twice, too, he seemed to be reaching out at me from the
school pulpit.
"I think that my father did manage to convey to me his belief that
there were these fine things, honour, high aims, nobilities. If I
did not get this belief from him then I do not know how I got it.
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