progress it is liable to make, the question is almost as absurd as
asking whether or not the desire to sleep can be outgrown by
staying awake. But aside from its scientific aspect--aside from
the absurdity of the question--let us examine the facts as
revealed by actual records of cases. Let us dispense with all
theory on the subject and take experience gained in a wide range
of cases as the correct guide in finding the answer.

FACTS FROM STATISTICS: An examination of the records of several
thousand cases of stuttering and stammering of all types and in
all stages of development reveals the fact that after passing the
age of six, only one-fifth of one per cent, ever outgrow
stammering. This means that out of every five hundred people who
stammer, only one ever outgrows it. Between the ages of three and
six, the indications are more favorable, the records in these
cases showing that slightly less than one per cent, outgrow the
difficulty. That means that one out of every hundred children
affected has a chance, at least, of outgrowing the difficulty
between the ages of three and six, and after that time, only one
chance in five hundred.

Suppose you were handed a rifle, given five hundred cartridges and
told to hit a bull's eye at a hundred yards, 499 times out of 500.
Suppose you were told that if you missed once you would have to
suffer the rest of your life as a stammerer.

Would you take the offer? Certainly not!!!

And yet that is exactly the opportunity that a stammerer over six
years of age has to outgrow his trouble.