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habit of public speaking. It would, in fact,
be a school in which to prepare himself for
a broader sphere of action in the legislative
halls of his country; for, at no point below
a seat in the national legislature, did his
ambition rest.

“You have made your choice, I pre-
sume, before this,” he said to his friend
Harvey, in allusion to this subject.

“Indeed, I have not,” was the reply.
“And I never felt so much at a loss how
to make a decision in my life.”

“ Well, I should think that you might
decide very readily. I found no difficulty.”
“Then you have settled that matter?”

“Oh, certainly ; the law is to be my sphere
of action—or rather, my stepping-stone to
a higher place.”

“T cannot so easily decide the matter !”

“Why not? If you study law, you will
rise, inevitably. And in this profession,
there is a much broader field of action for
a man of talent, than there is in any other
profession.”