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Show Hint from baron Rothschild. "The habit of thrusting nsldo the llttlo opportunities wrecks moro lives than big disasters," said one of the Rothschilds, and I firmly believe that he was right. It Is a habit, and a fatal one. If one only fools one's self Into It till It becomes Incorrigible. Dut It Is hard sometimes to see that one has contracted It. It Is like some of the compUlnts that the sufferer does not recognize he has. A friend of mine who wished to learn K.-cnch lamented to me tho fact trtr.t It was Impossible, as he could only glvo one hour at night to It; "and what's the good of an hour?" ho asked. If he had three hours ho would have given them. Surely an hour is better than nothing. noth-ing. Ho devotes It assiduously enough to billiards. With him an hour for study Is "nn use." In a day he loses not one hour, but hours. Ho has really persuaded himself that "fragments" of tlmo aro no good. He can do nothing noth-ing unless It Is on a big scale As a matter of f .'l, he has really not mastered mas-tered himself to tho extent ot devoting an hour to thnt study. |