work that is brought into line means so much power added. Behind the task is the person who makes of it a means to the ideal, the attainment of mastership. Strictly speaking, no one should care to advance until he masters the work that lies at hand in such a manner that to change will not be to evade an opportunity for growth of character. If one hopes to delegate routine-work to others in the course of time, let him earn the right to direct others by learning how to do well all phases of the work that lie between his present stage and that of leadership.

It has been said that genius is the power of taking infinite pains. However that may be, a man may be a genius in any occupation for which he is fitted. The genius makes the utmost use of each little item, sees all there is in a thing. One of the best ways to quicken this love of work in others is to put such thought and zeal into one's vocation that others, seeing one's joy, shall be inspired thus to work, too. "To fill the hour, that is happiness," says Emerson. It therefore matters more what we bring to the hour's occupation than what the particular work happens to be. A man is happiest when doing his special work, but the work itself never wholly determines his state of mind. The work goes off easily and is done well, or it lags, according to the conditions which make for or impair human efficiency.