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However, you and I and mother will talk the whole matter over when you come back here on Easter. HOWEVER YOU AND I AND MOTHER WILL TALK THE WHOLE MATTER OVER WHEN YOU COME BACK HERE ON EASTER
very differences of character between us. If after fully thinking the matter over you remain firmly convinced that you want to go into the army, well and good. I shall be rather sorry for your decision, because I have great confidence in you and I believe that in civil life you could probably win in the end a greater prize than will be open to you if you go into the army--though, of course, a man can do well in the army. I know perfectly well that you will have hard times in civil life. Probably most young fellows when they have graduated from college, or from their post-graduate course, if they take any, feel pretty dismal for the first few years. In ordinary cases it at first seems as if their efforts were not leading anywhere, as if the pressure around the foot of the ladder was too great to permit of getting up to the top. But I have faith in your energy, your perseverance, your ability, and your power to force yourself to the front when you have once found out and taken your line.  DO BECAUSE OF THE VERY DIFFERENCES OF CHARACTER BETWEEN US IF AFTER FULLY THINKING THE MATTER OVER YOU REMAIN FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE ARMY WELL AND GOOD I SHALL BE RATHER SORRY FOR YOUR DECISION BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND I BELIEVE THAT IN CIVIL LIFE YOU COULD PROBABLY WIN IN THE END A GREATER PRIZE THAN WILL BE OPEN TO YOU IF YOU GO INTO THE ARMY THOUGH OF COURSE A MAN CAN DO WELL IN THE ARMY I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU WILL HAVE HARD TIMES IN CIVIL LIFE PROBABLY MOST YOUNG FELLOWS WHEN THEY HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE OR FROM THEIR POST GRADUATE COURSE IF THEY TAKE ANY FEEL PRETTY DISMAL FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS IN ORDINARY CASES IT AT FIRST SEEMS AS IF THEIR EFFORTS WERE NOT LEADING ANYWHERE AS IF THE PRESSURE AROUND THE FOOT OF THE LADDER WAS TOO GREAT TO PERMIT OF GETTING UP TO THE TOP BUT I HAVE FAITH IN YOUR ENERGY YOUR PERSEVERANCE YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR POWER TO FORCE YOURSELF TO THE FRONT WHEN YOU HAVE ONCE FOUND OUT AND TAKEN YOUR LINE
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