. Review of reviews and world's work. age an auto-mobile of whatever kind—a lever to draw, a handle toturn, a knob unaer foot topress ; that is the wholestory, and two liours willgive full mastery. Butlack of nerve is anotherthing, and may constitutea very real danger insep-arably connected withsteering a swift-movingvehicle along crowdedways. No doubt there aremen (and many women)quite unfit for such re-sponsibility, just as thereare men and women unfitfor mountain climbing. This I realized the otherafternoon, as we a-utomo-biled down Pifth Avenue(I suppose we must have tliat verb), at tlie t
. Review of reviews and world's work. age an auto-mobile of whatever kind—a lever to draw, a handle toturn, a knob unaer foot topress ; that is the wholestory, and two liours willgive full mastery. Butlack of nerve is anotherthing, and may constitutea very real danger insep-arably connected withsteering a swift-movingvehicle along crowdedways. No doubt there aremen (and many women)quite unfit for such re-sponsibility, just as thereare men and women unfitfor mountain climbing. This I realized the otherafternoon, as we a-utomo-biled down Pifth Avenue(I suppose we must have tliat verb), at tlie time of heaviest carriagetraffic, and caught my breath as the young mansteering threaded his way between wheels andhorses, and shot down lanes of vehicles where aninchs wavering or a secontls hesitation wouldhave meant collision. His control of the car-riage seemed marvelous—though only what bi-cyclists do daily. He stopped instantly, wentahead with a sudden rush ; then stopped againwithin six feet, turned in a horses length, went.
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