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Show Uncommon -o- Sense -p- snag rmox Triisrt.ga, Bobrt Lais atevenaoa wanted t writ. Hi parenU wanted him ta be aa engineer. ... He cam from a loag Ita of aa-glneers aa-glneers and llahthouM bu ldr-mea ldr-mea who found loy la fighting aad conquering the ecaaa. .. But stavenaon. while he eould have acquired a fair degree of en-aineerlng en-aineerlng aklll. was not bora for figure, or for battl wltb tb U- m"li until., wttb celeb perete-taace. perete-taace. ha finally gained hi awa way and began to write, be waa avr ""jgreat many father make the daageroue mlalake of Inalatng that th" ion. follow la thalr footatepa. It ta natural for them to be lave that they nut have tranamlttad Mm. of th"? t.lante ar qualltla. ,,A,.h'.'rre'.'uKPru:it-.ff.prlng. If tbjy . hsooea to be "chips ef the ofd Mock are either forced Int. a aaareeable and aneueeeaefu! ca-JiirJ ca-JiirJ are made miserable by th. Sal anger of their ft"" at what they auppoae la tbelr alu- j "'Thl'late Jamas W. Vautkner. who hJ.hm.U..:;. Jb. best political wrtteraJa America. Bald. 1 'I remember when I waa a child of about It aavarln oaa of my ln-.,r ln-.,r wltb n a wltb which X wae "hooping kindling imi I got ever tne rara, a thawound bad bee made com-fOTt.rVlV.tbought com-fOTt.rVlV.tbought with bll.ophy: "WelL l am mlnue a finger, but '..body le going to maka ma prv , i "laaat a jnlaao tor three houra a day j "rTuTkaer bad no music In hi makeup, and ba never could have mU a planlat. but mlagutded par-thouaht par-thouaht that nwsk- wsai a grajt career aad tortured the hoy evat .,JTr 'hi could stretch aa octave :."7h. plan, by'laatlag that he trTherea?e"aw prsm. who rBl-ly rBl-ly know befor. their chlldre, .re Jell gr-wn I what artlular llae tber will a,b' h K.xeeptlonal cases ar thoa Ol marked i ulent far muele or drawing, which develops early. ... But only very great talent laauree ,"V li. th. proteeslon and toe oftea doting mothers thlak that Vecauaa a child llk.a te draw plo-j "urea, which all eMIdree do. or can carry a tune, which the majority af children can do. that thay hava bear, ainglad oat bv nature for oaa of 01 a? VT'c-iliqua-'a ' tb. rhtMrea either become Intolerable peeta by ronllaaally trying to do something iker cannot do. or their aduratlon is et hack mar yaara by the; wrong ort ef training. . The choice of a profeealon cannot alwara aa safely . entrted ta a child hut ba cannot ba made eoc-ceaeful eoc-ceaeful In aomethlng ha bates to do merely bv pra'ttae aad applicatloa. Copyright, lite, by Job BlehO |