And if I had the wish, I could not now concentrate sufficiently.

We all have only our one cruse of energy given us to make the best of.

And where that energy has been leaked away week by week, quarter by quarter, as mine has for the last nine or ten years, there is not enough dammed back behind the mill at any given period to supply the force a complete book on any subject requires.

Then there is the self-confidence and waiting power.

Where quick results have grown customary, they are fatal to a lively faith in the future.' 'Yes, I comprehend; and so you choose to write in fragments ?' 'No, I don't choose to do it in the sense you mean; choosing from a whole world of professions, all possible.