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If during that whole time you only thought day after day of how soon you would get home I think you would find it difficult to do your best work; and maybe this feeling may be partly responsible for the trouble with the lessons at school. IF DURING THAT WHOLE TIME YOU ONLY THOUGHT DAY AFTER DAY OF HOW SOON YOU WOULD GET HOME I THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DO YOUR BEST WORK AND MAYBE THIS FEELING MAY BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TROUBLE WITH THE LESSONS AT SCHOOL
ce letter? ON COUNTING DAYS AND WRESTLING White House, Feb. 24, 1905. DARLING KERMIT: I puzzled a good deal over your marks. I am inclined to think that one explanation is that you have thought so much of home as to prevent your really putting your whole strength into your studies. It is most natural that you should count the days before coming home, and write as you do that it will only be 33 days, only 26 days, only 19 days, etc., but at the same time it seems to me that perhaps this means that you do not really put all your heart and all your head effort into your work; and that if you are able to, it would be far better to think just as little as possible about coming home and resolutely set yourself to putting your best thought into your work. It is an illustration of the old adage about putting your hand to the plow and then looking back. In after life, of course, it is always possible that at some time you may have to go away for a year or two from home to do some piece of work. NG WHITE HOUSE FEBRUARY TWENTY FOURTH NINETEEN O FIVE DARLING KERMIT I PUZZLED A GOOD DEAL OVER YOUR MARKS I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT ONE EXPLANATION IS THAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT SO MUCH OF HOME AS TO PREVENT YOUR REALLY PUTTING YOUR WHOLE STRENGTH INTO YOUR STUDIES IT IS MOST NATURAL THAT YOU SHOULD COUNT THE DAYS BEFORE COMING HOME AND WRITE AS YOU DO THAT IT WILL ONLY BE THIRTY THREE DAYS ONLY TWENTY SIX DAYS ONLY NINETEEN DAYS ET CETERA BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT SEEMS TO ME THAT PERHAPS THIS MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT REALLY PUT ALL YOUR HEART AND ALL YOUR HEAD EFFORT INTO YOUR WORK AND THAT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER TO THINK JUST AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT COMING HOME AND RESOLUTELY SET YOURSELF TO PUTTING YOUR BEST THOUGHT INTO YOUR WORK IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLD ADAGE ABOUT PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOUGH AND THEN LOOKING BACK IN AFTER LIFE OF COURSE IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT AT SOME TIME YOU MAY HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR A YEAR OR TWO FROM HOME TO DO SOME PIECE OF WORK
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