CHAPTER III.
THE INVESTMENT OF TALENT AND ITS RETURN.
In all ages man has been stimulated to sowing by the certainty of reaping.

Tomorrow's sheaves and shoutings support to-day's tearful sowing.

Certainty of victory wins battles before they are fought.
Armed with confidence patriots have beaten down stone castles with naked fists.

Uncertainty makes the heart sick, takes nerve out of arm and tension out of thought.

The mere rumor of war along the border-lines of nations destroys enterprise and industry.