The Edge Of The Precipice.

There is a story of an old gentleman who once advertised for a coachman. Of each applicant he asked this question: “How near to a precipice would you drive without going over”! One answered within a yard, another a foot, etc., but one answered: “I would keep as far from it as possible.” He got the job.

The habit of keeping as far as possible from the verge of folly, alone brings safety. The man trained in such habits of care and thought that he will foresee possibilities of accident and avoid them, is not only a blessing to himself, but a guide to others.

“Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave.”

—James Thomson.