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You ought not to enter unless you feel genuinely drawn to the life as a life work. YOU OUGHT NOT TO ENTER UNLESS YOU FEEL GENUINELY DRAWN TO THE LIFE AS A LIFE WORK
would be that at twenty-five you would leave the Army or Navy without having gone through any law school or any special technical school of any kind, and would start your life work three or four years later than your schoolfellows of to-day, who go to work immediately after leaving college. Of course, under such circumstances, you might study law, for instance, during the four years after graduation; but my own feeling is that a man does good work chiefly when he is in something which he intends to make his permanent work, and in which he is deeply interested. Moreover, there will always be the chance that the number of officers in the Army or Navy will be deficient, and that you would have to stay in the service instead of getting out when you wished. I want you to think over all these matters very seriously. It would be a great misfortune for you to start into the Army or Navy as a career, and find that you had mistaken your desires and had gone in without really weighing the matter. URSE THE RESULT WOULD BE THAT AT TWENTY FIVE YOU WOULD LEAVE THE ARMY OR NAVY WITHOUT HAVING GONE THROUGH ANY LAW SCHOOL OR ANY SPECIAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF ANY KIND AND WOULD START YOUR LIFE WORK THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER THAN YOUR SCHOOLFELLOWS OF TO DAY WHO GO TO WORK IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING COLLEGE OF COURSE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MIGHT STUDY LAW FOR INSTANCE DURING THE FOUR YEARS AFTER GRADUATION BUT MY OWN FEELING IS THAT A MAN DOES GOOD WORK CHIEFLY WHEN HE IS IN SOMETHING WHICH HE INTENDS TO MAKE HIS PERMANENT WORK AND IN WHICH HE IS DEEPLY INTERESTED MOREOVER THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THE CHANCE THAT THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN THE ARMY OR NAVY WILL BE DEFICIENT AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THE SERVICE INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT WHEN YOU WISHED I WANT YOU TO THINK OVER ALL THESE MATTERS VERY SERIOUSLY IT WOULD BE A GREAT MISFORTUNE FOR YOU TO START INTO THE ARMY OR NAVY AS A CAREER AND FIND THAT YOU HAD MISTAKEN YOUR DESIRES AND HAD GONE IN WITHOUT REALLY WEIGHING THE MATTER
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