THE YOUNG FARMER 



is a case of filial duty which you must settle 

 for yourself. I must have nothing further 

 to say." 



The young man returned to the ancestral 

 home and is probably still there. It is, of 

 course, impossible to determine the merits 

 of an individual case, but this incident rep- 

 resents a type of cases where the son makes 

 two important sacrifices from the sense of 

 duty. 



First, he sacrifices present, and, perhaps, 

 future opportunity to earn the wages of 

 which he is capable and to which he is 

 justly entitled. And, second, and more im- 

 portant, he sacrifices the opportunity to 

 develop his own powers and make concrete 

 his own abstract self. 



There are two things that every young 

 man should do. One is to earn a living. A 

 man that cannot or does not earn a living is 

 of no value to himself or to anyone else. 

 The other is to develop within himself his 

 latent possibilities. He must apply himself 

 to some problem, or problems, and through 

 them develop his own personality. There 



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