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My school and my gospel (1908)

Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914 · London : A. Constable and company, limited · leaf 96

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was artistic work. Many a time didI storm in the class-room, when I saw such weak-kneedfollowing of a perverse leader, especially as I had takeninfinite pains to treat each student as an individuality, andin accordance with his or her special temperament. Onthese occasions I would have all the… … I MY SCHOOL AND MY GOSPEL were used, such as jammy,gummy, wooden, messy,licked-up, ragged, slippery, clumsy, American oil-cloth, etc. These words look vulgar in print, but spoken,they struck home, and were retained in the memory farbetter than fine phrases. It was amusing when I askeda woman : What…

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