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...this new novel of his, Mr. Walpole has shown a most remarkable understanding of the depths and the heights of human nature. The story is the modern equivalent of the Book of Job. It is the blinding of a man by his own selfishness, and his punishment by a long series of misfortunes...
Luckily or unluckily the average newly-hatched college graduate finds what serves for a purpose, temporarily at least, thrust at him on the same terms which faced the milleniumite stage director, the ultimatum of "work or starve". His first job and his hardest is the job of finding a job which he can develop and which will develop him. Until he succeeds, his purpose will be lost to sight, and the vision of a kingdom round the corner dance instead before his eyes...
...obtain a "liberal education" and most of them have a general idea of what they are going to do with it when they get it. They plan "three years in the Law School" or they are going to "study business" or they have a vague idea of getting a job somewhere, teaching, or building bridges, or selling cotton. But there is one occupation at the mere mention of which nine-tenths of them will cross to the other side of the street,--the ministry...
...worry about getting a job that is good enough for you. All you have to worry about is to be good enough for the jobs that need to be done
...urge the "brave young men of our great Universities to enter politics", it is to point out the silliness of airing socialistic reforms or conservative doctrines in a comfortable room with pleasant people by man who, when he has graduated, will say. "I'll take this good job that is offered me now--and go into politics later--sometime--perhaps...