Again and again has the educator of youth carried into the schoolroom the shadow of darkness which has been gathering upon his soul. He has been overtaxed and is nervous, or dyspepsia has colored everything a gloomy hue. He enters the schoolroom with quivering nerve and irritated stomach. Nothing seems to be done to please him, he thinks that his scholars are bent upon showing him disrespect, and his sharp criticisms and censures are given on the right hand and on the left. {4T 421.1}

Igen og igen har de unges lærer ført mørkets skygger ind i klasseværelset, som har samlet sig over ham. Han er blevet overbebyrdet og er nervesvækket, eller dyspepsi har gjort alt mørkt. Han kommer ind i klasseværelset med dirren og en dårlig mave. Intet synes at blive gjort for hans skyld, han tror at hans elever viser han respekt af sig selv og hans skarpe kritik og dadel gives til højre og venstre.