d. a I T Y ].



.. O., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY al3, 1916.
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But these last can be dispensed with where
those above named cannot "A thorough
acq uaintance with our own language is to-
be sought first, with, ability, TO read and
spe ak it correctly and fuently you should


also write and compose with Ieadiuess and


ease. No man is naturally a ready and
good writer, Practice alone win enable
any man tosit down and throw his thoughts


together with force and beauty on psper.


This is true ofall men talented of not.
First efforts will always be Imperfect and
unsatisfactory but regard il not ;,Fesolute
perse1 1verance in the practice viii ensure
slcce ss. You often wonder hDN aeditofs
can throw their thoughts together SO anus
ingly, and wish you could do the same


The reason is they are always at it. A
good practice is, to write every day few
lines, with either pen or pencil. +'
In a word, whatever you admire in ano-
ther try to acquire yourself, and always a.
void what is Objectionable and unloyely.
Read correctly, write fuently, be ready at
figures and accounts, easy and gentlemanly
in conversation--and without bad habits,
in ordi nary matters, and You will pass
through the world with better character
for learning than many who are loaded with
the honeors Of colleges. !, All this you can
do yourself if you are determined to try.
It will repay you hundred fold for every
hour spe Mt in careful acquisition. Resolve
that no ,one shall excel you and you are
safe. ts