A Word to Fishermen 



the fittest as apphed to fishermen, and 

 claiming that these "fittest" should 

 have the best chance. 



What has been said naturally leads 

 to the suggestion that consistency re- 

 quires those of us who are right- 

 minded fishermen to reasonably limit 

 ourselves as to the number of fish 

 we should take on favorable days. 

 On no account should edible fish be 

 caught in such quantities as to be 

 wasted. By restraining ourselves in 

 this matter we discourage in our own 

 natures the growth of greed, we pre- 

 vent wicked waste, we make it easier 

 for us to bear the fall between decent 

 good luck and bad luck, or no luck, 

 and we make ourselves at all points 

 better men and better fishermen. 



We ought not to forget these things 

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