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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. 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
it. Moreover, often a man can do as I did in the Spanish War, even though not a West Pointer. This last point raises the question about you going to West Point or Annapolis and leaving the Army or Navy after you have served the regulation four years (I think that is the number) after graduation from the academy. Under this plan you would have an excellent education and a grounding in discipline and, in some ways, a testing of your capacity greater than I think you can get in any ordinary college. On the other hand, except for the profession of an engineer, you would have had nothing like special training, and you would be so ordered about, and arranged for, that you would have less independence of character than you could gain from them. You would have had fewer temptations; but you would have had less chance to develop the qualities which overcome temptations and show that a man has individual initiative. Supposing you entered at seventeen, with the intention of following this course. MAN WHO HAS REMAINED IN IT MOREOVER OFTEN A MAN CAN DO AS I DID IN THE SPANISH WAR EVEN THOUGH NOT A WEST POINTER THIS LAST POINT RAISES A QUESTION ABOUT YOU GOING TO WEST POINT OR ANNAPOLIS AND LEAVING THE ARMY OR NAVY AFTER YOU HAVE SERVED THE REGULATION FOUR YEARS I THINK THAT IS THE NUMBER AFTER GRADUATION FROM THE ACADEMY UNDER THIS PLANT YOU WOULD HAVE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND A GROUNDING AND DISCIPLINE AND IN SOME WAYS A TESTING OF YOUR CAPACITY GREATER THAN I THINK YOU CAN GET IN ANY ORDINARY COLLEGE ON THE OTHER HAND EXCEPT FOR THE PROFESSION OF AN ENGINEER YOU WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING LIKE SPECIAL TRAINING AND YOU WOULD BE SO ORDERED ABOUT AND ARRANGED FOR THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LESS INDEPENDENCE OF CHARACTER THAN YOU COULD GAIN FROM THEM YOU WOULD HAVE HAD FEWER TEMPTATIONS BUT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD LESS CHANCE TO DEVELOP THE QUALITIES WHICH OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS AND SHOW THAT A MAN INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE SUPPOSING YOU ENTERED AT SEVENTEEN WITH THE INTENTION OF FOLLOWING THIS COURSE
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