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An address to a young student on his entrance into college, by Eumenes
An address to a young student on his entrance into college by Eumenes Author:John Walker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: some useful objects. At school, application to business has been in a great measure compulsory. It must, henceforward, depend more upon your own will; and it is ... more »therefore of importance that your judgment should be convinced of its expediency. Now—do not draw back from me under the supposition that I want to make you a very drudge, a slave to business. Believe me, I do not: and what I am going to add, I think, will convince you of this. — There are twenty-four hours in the day. How many of these would you think it reasonable to allow for sleep, food, society, recreation, etc. ? Take anample proportion. Will eighteen hours be sufficient ?—" Yes."— Well ; give the remaining six to business, and I am content. Do this regularly ; do it persever- ingly; and I will answer for the facility, comfort, and improvement with which you shall pass through the course of academic instruction. But mark ; regularity of application (be the time shorter or longer) is the chief thing upon which your progress will depend. Be assured no desultory efforts will do so much as this. I therefore strongly recommend to you a constant adherence to some methodical arrangement of your chapter{Section 4time. This will keep your attention alive to its silent lapse; and tends to form in youth a habit which you will find of the most important utility throughout your future life. Allot stated hours to the different occupations of the day : and suffer not trifles to make you deviate from them.— Rise early:—it will conduce to health of body and serenity of mind, as well as to despatch of business.—Leave not to one day the accumulated business of two. That is a ready method of losing both. Remember that' procrastination is the thief of time.'—While you are at study, give to it all the energy of your mind; and ...« less