1. The doctrine of angles needs much attention. An acute angle is better than an obtuse. See Chapter IV (Direction Of The Signs). Section G. By the proper use of the vowels and vowel hooks, the compound signs and the forms for L, M, and It, facile forms may always be secured.

2. The student must cultivate a knowledge of brief forms. He can gain much by reading short-hand papers, but during the first two or three months of practice should have his papers corrected by an expert in the art.

Exercise 21.

Deviation from, or omission of, or addition to, truth, is nothing more or less than a lie. Be as slow in deliberation as the case will allow, but quick in execution, unless weighty objections render an opposite course necessary. Resolution and perseverance remove all obstructions to progression. Ambition is the occasion of sedition, confusion, and dissolution, and arouses every evil emotion and passion. Affectation will surely expose a man to derision in proportion to his assumption. The acquisition of knowledge is greatly facilitated by a disposition to understand whatever is obscure in common affairs. As possessions of mental treasure are beyond compare with metal, precious though it be, so the possession of moral worth transcends the sub-limest acquisitions of the intellect.