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Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
Butthen,withnoparticularreason,surprisinglyenough,somelittlejokethatwasonlyeverattemptedbecauseeverythingseemedsohopelesswillmakethemlaughandthey’llbereconciled.It’sbothdifficultandhardatthesametimetodealwiththem,andthere’shardlyanyreasonforit.It’ssometimesquiteastonishingthatasingle,averagelifeisenoughtoencompasssomuchthatit’satallpossibleevertohaveanysuccessinone’sworkhere.Ontheotherhand,therearealsodarkmoments,suchaseveryonehas,whenyouthinkyou’veachievednothingatall,whenitseemsthattheonlytrialstocometoagoodendarethosethatweredeterminedtohaveagoodendfromthestartandwoulddosowithoutanyhelp,whilealltheothersarelostdespitealltherunningtoandfro,alltheeffort,allthelittle,apparentsuccessesthatgavesuchjoy.Thenyounolongerfeelverysureofanythingand,ifaskedaboutatrialthatwasdoingwellbyitsownnaturebutwhichwasturnedfortheworsebecauseyouassistedinit,wouldnotevendaredenythat.Andeventhatisakindofself-confidence,butthenit’stheonlyonethat’sleft.Lawyersareespeciallyvulnerabletofitsofdepressionofthatsort-andtheyarenomorethanfitsofdepressionofcourse-whenacaseissuddenlytakenoutoftheirhandsafterthey’vebeenconductingitsatisfactorilyforsometime.That’sprobablytheworstthatcanhappentoalawyer.
