If i were a boy again,i would school myself into a habit of attention;I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.
The habit of attention becomes part of our life ,if we began early enough.I often hear grown-up people say"I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book,although i wished to do so",and the reason is,the habit was not formed in younth.
If i were a boy again ,i would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory.I would strethghten the faculty by every possible means,and on every possibe occasion.It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memony soon helps itself,and gives very little trouble.IT only needs early cultivation to become a power.