Show disagreeable ROUTINE charles E eliot doimer president of harvard university once said that nine tenths of his work was in the matuie of louline and of not particular interest it bordered on the disagreeable in short although president of a great university dr eliot had to face each day a host of unpleasant tasks this is worth mentioning because so many of us imagine that not more than one tenth of the work of a great man is uninteresting we are apt to think that only we ourselves have the dull jobs this may serve to remind a fc few r restless people that they cant escape the annoyance of petty details by changing jobs the days are so long that they cannot be filled with high excitement and great achievement tasks which seem exciting when first ventured become a bore when they must be repeated endlessly it seems that thousands are unable to learn leam this simple truth those who seek to get more out of life than there is in it usually ustia lly end by getting less |