FUN AND FINANCE OF BOYHOOD 25 



THE PROBLEM OF LIFE 



Let X equal the amount of happiness one can 



enjoy. 

 Let Y equal one's activity in doing good. 

 Let Z equal aid from above." 



Then followed two equations from which I 

 was expected to tree three unknown quantities. 



Cook's memory was marvelous. When I 

 parted from him at Andover, I said: 



"Some day I shall hear of you. I wonder 

 whether you are going to make a spoon or 

 spoil a horn." 



Twenty years later I was passing a hall in 

 New York from which a lecture audience 

 was pouring, and I saw Cook's name on a poster. 

 I found him inside and, holding out my hand, 

 said: 



"Can you send your mind back twenty years, 

 Mr. Cook?" 



"Which have I done?" was his quick reply. 



He had an appointment to meet me at my of- 

 fice to accompany me home, and his manner of 



