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have some knowledge of book-keeping, and be 

 systematic and precise in his work. Tact, good 

 temper, and boundless patience are required 

 in his dealings with lawyers, agents, keepers, 

 farmers, and labourers. Above all, however, he 

 must be keen for the work, or he cannot hope 

 to succeed. The other members must be pre- 

 pared to give him a free hand in all matters of 

 detail, and even if they differ from his views in 

 respect to important questions, they should try 

 and meet him halfway if they cannot give in 

 to him altogether. He, however, must never 

 forget that he is, in a measure, a trustee, acting 

 in the interests as well as the names of his 

 brother members, wasting their money as well 

 as his own if he is reckless, and subjecting 

 them, in a degree, to the same loss of popu- 

 larity as himself if he is too niggardly. When- 

 ever he is in doubt on a question, and cannot 

 decide on the best course, he had better at once 

 consult some, if not all, of his confreres, and 

 when consulting them he must be prepared to 

 follow their advice, and not feel aggrieved at 

 their differing from him. Too often, when men 

 ask advice, they have decided on the course to 

 adopt ; or, as a witty friend pithily remarked to 

 me on this subject, when men seek counsel of 

 their friends, as a rule, " they do not want 

 advice, but indorsement." 



