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Show I UNCOMMON SENSE 4 PRACTISE IS NOT ENOUGH "Practlca." aaya tha. provarb, "makaa pat-fact." Wa dtallka to dlaputa a prorarb, nttarad originally by noma wlaa man. and hand ad down through many languagaa for ganamtlona. But thla particular provarb la a half truth.- - - And a half truth la maraly a form of lying. Practlca halpa to maka prrfaet It la trua. provided It la tba right aort of practlca. - But moat of ua ' could praatlea aoma dlffloult manual feat, auch aa Juggling or throwing tha laaao, of making billiard ahota all our Ura, and raally navar maka any notabla progrnaa. On avary golf eouraa yon will find aldarly gantlamaa who pmo-tlca pmo-tlca for thraa or four houro a day at tba aama, without arar making any prograaa In It. Ona could taka a book oa tba Franch languaga and praotlaa tba axarolaaa In It for a llfatlma, without with-out avar laarnlng to apaak Franch. Tha only kind of practlaa that la worth anything at all la practlaa that la followed for a long time under un-der careful Inatructlon before It la taken up by tha Individual. Ona muet learn how a thing la dona before ba can do It No on mind can do thai without help. Na ona mind really can gain a freat deal without wladom unaided. Wladom la gathered by many mlnda, through many oantuiiaa. Combined It ta called education. And education muat coma before praotlaa can maka anything Ilka perfect. Tha auocaaaftR footban or rowing row-ing coach la tha man who abowt hla men how to praotlaa flrat. and then Inalata that thay do It under bla eupervlalon afterward. . . He knowa tho power of habit. Ha knowa that by conatant prao-tlae. prao-tlae. If It happena to ba tho- wrong kind, men will learn to do thlnga tha -wrong way ao thoroughly that It will be practically tmpoealble for them avar to do tham tba right way. Everything that, la worlb accomplishing accom-plishing need a practlaa, and much of It. But tha practlca muat ba Intelligent, Intelli-gent, and thara muat ba frequent correction by aomebody who knowa whether It la . being rightly or wrongly dona. , . . If the great palntera af tha world had triad to paint by practlaa alona. their work would ba worth much leaa than It la today. But they were wlaa. Thay prac-tlaed prac-tlaed under Inatructlon. And ao muat everybody who doea not want bla practloa to ba a mora waata of time and energy. (Copyright. 1M, by Joba Blake.) |