But you will have competitors, few, but vigorous and tireless.

In the contest for position that you must wage with these, all your powers will be taxed; and if you reach the topmost rundle to which you aspire, success will be, indeed, a proud achievement." "I have the will, the ambition, the courage, and the endurance, Doctor," was his reply.

"So, if I fail, the fault will lie here," and he touched, significantly, his forehead.
"For lack of brains ?" said I, smiling.
"Yes.

The defect will lie there," he answered, smiling in return.
"Brains are remarkable for latent capacity.

If stimulated, they develop new powers, and this almost without limit.