The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-11
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, JAN II i0o-

rarner With the golden grain he must all '0'
while have at least one new wilderness trac
under the process of being brought into cul'l
v.,iou. He must be al ways charging II
some direction the bounds Of his knowledge
Thus only can he keep his mind fresh. Ihu'
nlv can be fulfil The Masters injunction to-
bring forth things new and DID,
You know the proverb about finished
city. a town that is really fourlshlng al
ways shows signs of incompleteness. There
are new houses or blocks of houses going
up, old houses being torn down to be enars-
ed and modernizcd and half finished streets
piled up with dirt and rubbish. Woe oetlde
the place that is nowhere blocked up With
brick and mortar. A town that is finished, that
has actually stopped growing, is already in
state of decadence. We have too many flo
ished men among u.s. men who have quietly
ceased gro wing. 1t is a mistake. The Nan
who ceases to 60 up, has begun to 60 down
There is no being stationary in this matter
| you are not adding to your stock of know!-
edge, you are losing The medical man, who
merely goes on practising on the knowledge
and theory already acquired, who takes no
medical journals and does not keep himself
abreast with the general progress OF medical
science, is inevitably falling behindhand.-'
So with every other profession. If a man
gives Himself up entirely to his practice, if
he becomes man of mere routine, if be
ceases to be in some substantial measure
student, making all the while fresh Acquisitions
if he allows himself for one momeat to en-
terrain the thought that his professional edu-
ton is, or ever can be complete, he is making
a mistake. He already shows fatal symp.
toms of Iecadcnce.
The difficulty does not occur usually in the
first stages Of professional career In those
early years, when nan is JUS: struggling
into position, there is abundant leisure Tor
study, and commonly there is fair amount
of good solid study. But when man has
made some decided progress in his profession
when clients become numerous, or patients
multiply, or the congregation becomes large,
and necessary l.;'es crease thcn is the dan.
ger Then comes the temptation to settle
down into fixed, comfortable routine. The
man IN full practice finds SO much tina. he
must do, that he has rarely The coura 20 to
take up anything not absolutely required by
strict professional duty.
1t men in such circumstances yoald f,;rlv
make the trial, they would find the dificuI.
ties much less than they suppose. What is
recommended IS not to attempt any great
amount of extra professional study, but al.
ways to have some such extra professional
study or work in hand, and to do a little At
II every day. 1t is surprising how the thing
Will grow upon man. The main difficulty
IS In making the beginning. And here nv
'dV''e Is to begin in very humble, modest
Say' DO not sketch out for yourselves some
'ast' unwleldly, impracticable plan, but lust
axe up any one thing and follow it out with
''eaoy perseverance. Pick up grain or
"o every day and add to your heap. You
will soon learn by happy experience the DOW.
" OF Titles, as applied to Intellectual pro.
'csscs and gains