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Now if this is at bottom your feeling I should advise you not to go in; I should say yes to some boys, but not to you; I believe in you too much, and have too much confidence in you. NOW IF THIS IS AT BOTTOM YOUR FEELING I SHOULD ADVISE YOU NOT TO GO IN I SHOULD SAY YES TO SOME BOYS BUT NOT TO YOU I BELIEVE IN YOU TOO MUCH AND HAVE TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU
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. You ought not to enter unless you feel genuinely drawn to the life as a life-work. If so, go in; but not otherwise. Mr. Loeb told me to-day that at 17 he had tried for the army, but failed. The competitor who beat him in is now a captain; Mr. Loeb has passed him by, although meanwhile a war has been fought. Mr. Loeb says he wished to enter the army because he did not know what to do, could not foresee whether he would succeed or fail in life, and felt the army would give him "a living and a career. DS 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 YOU OUGHT NOT TO ENTER UNLESS YOU FEEL GENUINELY DRAWN TO THE LIFE AS A LIFE WORK IF SO GO IN BUT NOT OTHERWISE MISTER LOBE TOLD ME TODAY THAT AT SEVENTEEN HE HAD TRIED FOR THE ARMY BUT FAILED THE COMPETITOR WHO BEAT HIM IN IS NOW A CAPTAIN MISTER LOBE HAS PASSED HIM BY ALTHOUGH MEANWHILE A WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT MISTER LOBE SAYS HE WISHED TO ENTER THE ARMY BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO COULD NOT FORESEE WHETHER HE WOULD SUCCEED OR FAIL IN LIFE AND FELT THE ARMY WOULD GIVE HIM A LIVING AND A CAREER
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