Show f r rf f Uncommon S Sense ease x s f t try ry By JOHN BLAKE f S oN N AVY Mj IF YOU DONT DON'T KNOW KNOW- F 11 YOU dont don't happen to know how I IF to spell a word consult tho the dictionary diction diction- ary The effort you make turning over the pages and hunting out the word will probably fix the spelling in la your mind Ask some boy how It Is la spelled spelle and you will almost Instantly forget It Then ben next time you need to use the same some word you ou will have to ask again Any form torm of knowledge If It it Is to remain with you must be got with some come effort The child whose parents answer all his questions as he be Is studying his lesson leason lea leu- son eon books usually falls fails In examinations examinations examina examine lions where there are no parents parenti to ask If It he had been compelled tp look up the answers he would have Ilave remembered remembered bored them If there Is no other way to get Information Information In In- formation than by asking questions ask them You could not for example find out outa a n mans man's name without asking But you could find his place of residence and und his telephone number and his business busi busl business ness by looking him up And If necessary necessary sary for tor you to know these things that would be the only sensible way of ot learning them In the tile study of languages pronunciation pronunciation and Idiom can be learned of teachers But the grammar and the must be dug out of books JO with painful effort If It you tried to learn vocabularies by asking the meanIng meanIng meaning mean- mean Ing of words you yon would make little progress in the language Ask questions when you have to but remember that you are ore pretty sure to overestimate the number of times when this la is necessary sary Remember too that In gaining knowledge In this way you take chances on other peoples people's mistakes The safest and surest way Is to go straight to the printed authority study the answer to your question reason out for tor yourself why It should be the answer and then think It over a 0 couple couple couple cou cou- of times after otter that The kind of an education you get for yourself Is like the kind of a 0 fortune u man mun gets for himself You know what It Is worth how hard It was to acquire and you are very likely to to keep It Copyright |