PAPERS OX PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION 469 



cannot be said to be scientific. The best that can be done 

 is to "cast bread upon the waters", with hopes for as 

 large a return as possible. Individual human character, 

 so many are its variable qualities, baffles any sort of com- 

 plete quantitative or qualitative determination. As a 

 formula self-analysis cannot be a success; as a means 

 of summing up hints and indications to be faced in the 

 interview, it may be helpful. Perhaps the greatest value 

 of conservative self-analysis, that of subjective effect on 

 the rater, cannot be appreciated because it cannot be 

 measured. 



