The result is that when he comes
before the court his mind is fresh and sparkling with clear ideas and
varied knowledge poured into his brain from every mountain-peak of
inspiration in all the world of human thought. He brings to the
service of his client not only a study of his case and an
understanding of the grand science of the law, but the vivifying,
vitalizing power of all the great minds in all the realms of
intellect.
If you say you have no time for all this, the answer is: If that is
true, you have no time to be a great lawyer. You have the time, if you
will use it. A little less lingering at the club, an economy of hours
here and there--this will give you time, and to spare. Of course if
you would rather "loaf" than be great, if you hunger rather after the
flesh-pots than the lawyer's wreaths, this advice is not for you.
Do not use intoxicants. Even beware of coffee; it is one of the most
powerful nerve and brain stimulants. The coffee habit is as easily
formed, and as remorseless, as the alcohol habit. After a while, if
excessively used, it produces its sure result; your faculties have
been sharpened by this intellectual emery-wheel until the edges begin
to crumble.
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