The height to which you climb will depend upon your strength and
endurance."
"If we both live long enough, Doctor, you may see me on the topmost
rundle, for I shall climb with unwearying effort."
He spoke with a fine enthusiasm, that lent a manly beauty to his
face.
"Climb on," I answered, "and you will rise high above the great
mass, who are aimless and indolent. But you will have competitors,
few, but vigorous and tireless. In the contest for position that you
must wage with these, all your powers will be taxed; and if you
reach the topmost rundle to which you aspire, success will be,
indeed, a proud achievement."
"I have the will, the ambition, the courage, and the endurance,
Doctor," was his reply. "So, if I fail, the fault will lie here,"
and he touched, significantly, his forehead.
"For lack of brains?" said I, smiling.
"Yes. The defect will lie there," he answered, smiling in return.
"Brains are remarkable for latent capacity. If stimulated, they
develop new powers, and this almost without limit. All they want is
to be well supplied with the right kind of food, and well worked at
the same time.
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