in our own rooms. The gentle exercise of a stroll or of a slow bicycle ride which requires little attention for itself is an ideal stimulant and occasion for thinking—unless the attention wanders outwardly too much. The time to be alone now and then should be had somehow. Oftentimes schools are too crowded to allow their students to think. We can properly afford, even as a matter of dollars and cents, to take an extra year in school, if by doing so we can learn to think; the time so used is a rich and certain investment, not an expense. In default of a better time, a half hour after waking and before rising is a good time in which to think. Indeed, many people have their most productive and original thoughts occur to them at just this time in the morning, early, after a good night's brain rest, for the unconscious grist of the night then tends to become conscious. The nervous system will generally be found thoughtful if an opportunity be given it.
This advice to make thought-time at any cost is well considered, not an idle notion. It is wholly practicable and expedient. In fact, it is very often a matter of dollars and cents and of advancement, and not one only of developing our
