not suit his taste. Besides, he considered the subject dry, and at last gave it up.
He now pursued the course of his natural taste, and made great self-advancement. When one devotes himself to the study of a particular subject, which is agreeable to his taste, one can make much improvement in it. On the contrary, when one is forced to take up a subject, which one has no liking for, one cannot devote all his energies to it, and, consequently, can make no progress in it. As is the case with one's education, so is the case with one's calling. In this connection one writer says;—"It is often seen that many persons do not succeed in their business, simply because they could not, or were not allowed, to make a proper selection. They have not the particular capacity for the occupations they have been engaged in. For instance, one who has no capacity for the Law, but for Medicine, has taken up the Law for one's profession; or, one who has no taste for Medicine, but only for Engineering, has been made to adopt the Medical profession. How can such a one expect success?"
Surely, one ought to to be allowed to follow his own inclinations. The above writer also says, that a man's bodily and mental marks clearly indicate what business he is fit for. Some European philosophers are of the same opinion too. But this is not always true. Doctor Gilbert has come to the conclusion, that a large head is the seat of intellect
