But every one of our race likes to
see a man "game." Therefore, dress well. Bear yourself like a man who
has prosperous potentialities if not prosperous assets.
Keep your office in as perfect condition as yourself. Remember that it
is your workshop. Put all your extra money into books. There is no
adornment of an office equal to a library, just as there is no
adornment of a mechanic's shop equal to his tools. You know what you
think of a doctor when you find his office equipped with the latest
appliances.
Do not permit your office to be a loafing place, even for your fellow
lawyers. You cannot afford to cultivate professional courtesy at the
expense of the discipline of your office. It is nothing to your client
that your friends find your society so charming that they seek the
felicity of your conversation even in your office. Or, rather, it _is_
something to your client--he wants his case won and he thinks _that_
will take all your time. And so it will.
Be very careful of the places you frequent. Remember that Pericles was
never seen except upon the street leading to the Senate House. Don't
imitate anybody--be yourself. Still, if you must have the stimulus of
imitation, pick out a man like Pericles for your model.
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