must be the one to do it. This responsibility sobered me. It
intensified my determination. It emphasized in my own mind the
need for persistent effort, for a constant striving toward this
one thing. And absorbed with this idea, living and working toward
this one end, I began my work.





CHAPTER VIII

BEGINNING WHERE OTHERS HAD LEFT OFF


From the moment that my resolution took shape, my plans were all
laid with one thing in mind--to cure myself of stammering. I
determined, first of all, to master the principles of speech. I
remembered very well, indeed, the admonition of Prof. J. J. Mills,
President of Earlham College, on the day I left the institution.
"You have been a hard-working student," he said, "but your success
will never be complete until you learn to talk as others talk.
Cure your stammering at any cost." That was the thing I had
determined to do. And having determined upon that course, I
resolved to let nothing swerve me from it.

I began the study of anatomy. I studied the lungs, the throat, the
brain--nothing escaped me. I pursued my studies with the avidity
of the medical student wrapped up in his work. I read all the
books that had been published on the subject of stammering. I