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work. I Ic applies these changes, in his mind, to 



the conditions in his own grinding room and vis- 



ualizes the possibility of instituting them in his 



own shop as well as the probable effect they would 



have upon his own production. Up to this point 



he doesn't know definitely what would be the result 



of making changes \\ icn he gets back to his 



D shop, he thinks over the matter again and de- 



n changes can be made so that his 



output will be improved both in quality and quan- 



This is only a conviction on his part. It has 



not yet become tangible and part of the operation 



of the shop. To find out whether his judgment of 



the matter is correct, he must put his ideas into 



practice an. nt to that extent. livery 



ige, every improvement, every development is 



an experiment until its trial has proved that it will 



work in accordance with the idea which pre- 



ceded it. 



the Observation. Sir Arthur Pear- 

 son, who is famous for his interest in work among 

 the blind in Great Britain and who is the practical 

 head of the Lighthouse in London, is himself a 

 blind man, after having retained his eyesight until 

 about middle age. In the Lighthouse they train 

 blind men for many occupations, and the way in 

 which they teach a man to develop his other senses, 

 hat he can observe almost as quickly as with 

 his eyes, is a very interesting st> 



They, first of all, take the man who has become 

 blind and keep him in one room with the same 

 surroundings until he has become so familiar with 



