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Show The Ymmg tl .llrr. In the "llilllor's Study'' of Harper's Mnguzlno Mr. Alien gives this encouragement encour-agement to young writers: "No young w liter In whom the literary lit-erary usplratlon Is a pas. Ion need, or really will, be cinved by the array of mighty and expert antagonists In tho arena, whoso names sound and rcKouud so gloriously from the herald's trumpet. trum-pet. In full olumo. re enforced by pnst triumph. Though n tine and becoming becom-ing modesty may well temper his ambition. am-bition. It should In no degree suppress bis ardent longing. Thesn reternna, young aspirant, nre Indeed masters, but, aa such, your ctcmplnrs. They also bad ttiolr beginnings, bidden Indeed, In-deed, ns used to be the sources of tiie Nile, 'not permillcd to bn seen small,' because tltey mastered their art before they exhibited as artists." |