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)l"re likin~ i,; not enough, howc,·cr. You shmlld haYe ...w£' aplittuk fot· thr wol'k you contemplate. ltHl<•etl, nnlcss \llll han•, it would oftcntinw::; ht• hettcr to do !lorncthiltg \\'hitb in it:;c•lf i:; pcrltaps not so atlrartive as thut wltic:h , 1111 hnYc fir:;t dlO:'Cll.
On the o!lwr huncl, it mnst he admitted that the so-eallcd profc•,.;ionli which dcmall(l a highly spcciali:r.cd course of ~nu1e year:; ramtot be so treated unless you have more money .md time than IhC' average man. If yon contemplate being a doetor or lawyer or minister or engineer, you have to tl..termiuc 011 ~·our course with a minimum of invt'stigation. l'till even here. difficulties can be avoided by being careful not to specializr too greatly in the early stages of college work. It may seem that Greek can be of little usc to the rngiueer or the calculus to the divine or appreciation of mu!',ic to the lawyer; and yet a man's profession is not his whole life. There '"ill inevitably he other interests such as wife and chiltlt·rn and home; and the man who has done l'omc thing~ away from the beaten track of his profession will find life n vastly mor<' satisfying affair, nnd will be found himself a much more interesting person than somo (•ollcagnc who has 1·esolutely put out of his life everything that has no bearing on his own profession. Ro may think M, but be is not a better doctor or ]a,';yer for having done so. In other words, un uvocation or hobby may be the saving grace in your life, even tho it be such an appat·ently h·iAing thing as collecting stamps.
Then the amount of money one can get out of a job should not be the primary consideration in making your selection. I do not mean that your work should not support you ad- t•quately or that it should--except for some very especial <'ause--crcate mmsual sacrifice for you or those dependent 11pon :von. I do moan, however, that the financial 1·ewurds ~hould not be the sole fnctor, or (:ven the chief fuct01·, in