. Dr. Wampen's world renowned system of anthropometry as simplified and Americanized by J. Happle-Hutcheson;. r difficulties. The lefthand, for want of practice, is insignificant andnot adapted to general business, and yet be-cause of practice it holds the bridle better thanthe right. An adage attributed to St. Francisof Assisi, which was early adopted and cher-ished through life by the great Italian re-former, Savonarola, deserves to be inscribedon the memory of every student: A manknows as much as he works. It is needlessfor us to say how widely this truth is seem to forg-et tha
. Dr. Wampen's world renowned system of anthropometry as simplified and Americanized by J. Happle-Hutcheson;. r difficulties. The lefthand, for want of practice, is insignificant andnot adapted to general business, and yet be-cause of practice it holds the bridle better thanthe right. An adage attributed to St. Francisof Assisi, which was early adopted and cher-ished through life by the great Italian re-former, Savonarola, deserves to be inscribedon the memory of every student: A manknows as much as he works. It is needlessfor us to say how widely this truth is seem to forg-et that knowledge, like allother possessions that are worth having, costsa great deal. It is a huge mistake—yes, oneof the greatest errors—to imagine that it willfall into our lap, while we in idleness sit, cross-legged, under the tree of knowledge. If aman will not work, neither shall he eat, isa maxim as true in the world of mind as inthe world of matter. In both departmentsindolence will clothe a man in rags and dis-grace. Sir William Hamilton says, All com-mencement is difficult, and this is more espe-. PROGRESSIVE ANTHROPOMETRICAL SARTORIAL ART SCIENCE. 53 daily true of intellectual effort; but if we arevigorous enough to- pursue our course in spiteof obstacles, every step as we advance will befound easier, and kindred ideas flow withgreater freedom and abundance. ThomasCarlyle declared that genius is A transcend-ent capacity for taking trouble. The tailor, inpursuit of a knowledge of sartorial art science,must labor with the ardent devotion of a lovethat will never desist from its pursuit untilit has gained the object of its desire. Jacobserved seven years for Rachael, and theyseemed unto him but a few days, for the lovehe had for her. The great Blaise Pascaldeclared, The sciences have two extremities,which touch each other. The first is that pureignorance in which all men are born; theother extremity is that which is reached bythose great souls who have traversed thewhole
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