interests which are worthy of the utmost that is in us. These we discover after a time and we select one of them according to our genius. The rest that goes to make up life may be adjusted around this central interest. When you find a man thus consecrated, aid him by every means in your power. If you do not like the way in which the world's work is done, do your own work in such a way as to show what genuine devotion means. It is sheer waste of energy to complain because you must work, or because the economic conditions are so very bad. Do something worth while as well as you can and talk less.

Nature works by imperceptible changes, steadily moving towards her ends. Her powers are acquired cumulatively. Thus in all fields the successful worker moves silently towards his goal, some day awakening to the consciousness that he is arriving. Time hardly exists for the man who loves his work, for he is thinking of that which now ought to be done, which cries for expression. Thus if we learn from nature we live chiefly in the present, although gazing towards the flying goal which draws us ever on. To make a spurt is ordinarily speaking to lose time and strength. Real work means the overcoming of difficulties that stand directly in our path. It is irksome to most people to take pains, hence they seek time and labour saving devices in directions where sheer concentration