Slipshod assistance,foolish inattention,dowdy indifference,and half-hearted work seem the rule;and no man succeeds,unless by hook or crook or threat he forces or bribes other men to assist him;or mayhap,God in His goodness performs a miracle,and sends him an Angel of Light for an assistant.
You,reader,put this matter to a test:You are sitting now in your office-six clerks are within call.Summon any one and make this request:"Please look in the encyclopedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Correggio."Will the clerk quietly say,"Yes,sir,"and go do the task?