Americans know this; it is one cause of their success.

Make an appointment with an American and you will find him in his office at the appointed time.

Everything to be done by him during the course of the day has its fixed hour, and hence he is able to accomplish a greater amount of work in a given time than many others.

Chinese, unfortunately, have no adequate conceptions of the value of time.

This is due, perhaps, to our mode of reckoning.