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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. 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
e 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. 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.  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 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
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