Old Habits Are Strong And Jealous.

Fiction Supplies The Only Philosophy That May Readers Know; It Establishes Their Ethical, Social, And Material Standards; It Confirms Them In Their Prejudices Or Opens Their Minds To A Wider World.

Proverbs Are For The Most Part Rules Of Moral, Or, Still More Properly, Of Prudential Conduct.

The Worst Effect Of Party Is Its Tendency To Generate Narrow, False, And Illiberal Prejudices, By Teaching The Adherents Of One Party To Regard Those That Belong To An Opposing Party As Unworthy Of Confidence.

Most Of The Methods Of Training The Conscious Side Of The Writer-the Craftsman And The Critic In Him- Are Actually Hostile To The Good Of The Artist's Side; And The Converse Of This Proposition Is Likewise True. But It Is Possible To Train Both Sides Of The Character To Work In Harmony, And The First Step In That Education Is To Consider That You Must Teach Yourself Not As Though You Were One Person, But Two.

In Matching Your Wits Against Yourself You Take On The Shrewdest And Wiliest Antagonist You Can Have, And Consequently A Victorious Outcome In This Duel Of Wits Brings A Great Feeling Of Triumph.