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268 TilE 8PRING.TBIE 01' 1.IFF~
~rany llever become men in thi1'l sense of tbe
\\.oru. rl'hcyaLtain to the years, the etature ,
the ~t..'l.t.c of manhood) bnt there is no gelluine
manliucs~ no elevation of feeling, no prol~r
sense of self-TCRpcct, no magnif.ying of'their
own existcncC', 1'111',)'lleoo guardians all their
lifo long. The same frivolity, the same ficklene::...."the
&1.lI1C incon:o:ider3.tcnc..,,", the 8.:1.mewant
of l'e1f.rclinllcc which markeJ their conduct at
fiftecu1 marks it at t\\'enty.fh'c or thirty. This
you mmit avoid, anu with the p:lNillg a""ftj" of
th~ perilXl of your pupilage. put on the firm.
nt'&; and energy of men.
Act always a.coording to Jour own better
jlll1gment. I know that there i1'l a Etrong, nn.
ti\~C propcn;:ity in man to punlUc a downward
COUre€; but there id a oountcTflNing power
within-c.'1.ll it con~l:ien