Modesty in Labours

How hard it is to strike the happy medium between selfish inaction and over-busy zeal I “Wisdom is profitable to direct.”* Forwardness, and officious bustle are especially displeasing in a young professor. You will be most likely to pursue the right path, if your daily efforts to do good are tempered with shrinking humility. When you are in doubt as to modes of usefulness, you should add to your prayers a resort to the counsel of aged and experienced advisers.