The best system depends utterly on the man’s power of resolution. And what really counts is not the system, but the spirit in which the man handles it.
Now, the proper spirit can only be induced by a careful consideration and realization of the man’s conditions—the limitations of his temperament, the strength of adverse influences, and the lessons of his past.
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