TOBACCO LEAVES 



breakfast is a very simple meal, and con- 

 sists of a cup of coffee or chocolate and a 

 roll. When I have finished it, I light my 

 cigar. I find that it assists me in my work. 

 It does not aid me in the creation of ideas 

 so much, nor in reading or actual writing; 

 but when I want to prepare my plans for 

 the day, when I want to arrange and put 

 in shape* the work I have before me, I 

 find that smoking is a valuable assistant. 

 I never smoke a large cigar in the morn- 

 ing, and usually do not prolong the smoke 

 beyond the time it takes me to arrange my 

 day's programme. Altogether I should 

 say that I smoke five cigars a day. I have 

 smoked steadily for the past thirty years, 

 and during the first ten years I smoked a 

 pipe. It has been my experience that 

 smoking relieved me at any time when I 

 felt overworked. Consequently, if I find 

 at any time of day that my brain is get- 

 ting tired, and that my ideas are getting 

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