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but so train your own self that you can dare to 

 make of the professional a servant and not a 

 master. 



The professional has his place, and a pre- 

 eminently prominent one it is ; so prominent 

 and elevated indeed, that from the exalted 

 height the level plains of the amateur's world 

 are not seen distinctly. Bewildered and be- 

 dizzied, the professional mars not makes for 

 dignity by over-estimation of himself. His 

 great good fortune in reaching professional 

 rank proves occasionally too great and sober- 

 ness is over-balanced. Why he so lauds him- 

 self and smiles with a pitying glance on the 

 modest amateur is not readily explained. It 

 does not decrease the amateur's value, and cer- 

 tainly does not add height or depth or breadth 

 to professional erudition. The professor of 

 ornithology can issue no edict forever ending 

 ornithic irregularities ; cat-bird, heron, snipe, 

 thrush, and owl will do precisely as they please. 

 Grasshoppers will caper over the snow, eels 

 wander overland, and catfish brave the air upon 

 occasion. Opossums will walk the streets of a 

 town, raccoons hide in cellars, and weasels attack 



