Confucius and Martin Luther's Schoolmaster

James Legge's footnotes are often as valuable as is his 1867 translation of the Confucian Analects, as is the case with IX.22: "The Master said, 'A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?'" Mr. Legge notes:

With Confucius's remark compare that of John Trebonius, Luther's schoolmaster at Eisenach, who used to raise his cap to pupils on entering the classroom and gave as the reason — "There are among these boys men of whom God will one day make burgomasters, chancellors, doctors, and magistrates. Although you do not yet see them with their badges of dignity, it is right that you should treat them with respect."