Simply by a course of instruction and development in error, until,
probably nothing save the most colossal sums would command his
unqualified attention. Let us suppose your mother or sister gives you a
letter to mail. Do not put that letter in your pocket. Carry it in your
hand until you reach the place to post it. Do this for years. After that
drill, when you get a letter to mail, you will not need to keep it in
your hand, for you will feel it in your hand just as long as it is in
your pocket, as the one-armed man has sensations in both hands!
"WE NEVER MAKE MISTAKES!"
I spoke in the preceding chapter of the ancient shield with its "Be
Bold! Be Bold!" Now, on our modern shield we would put "Be Correct! Be
Correct!" and it would not be necessary to put on the reverse side "Be
not too Correct!" You cannot afford to make errors! Last year a
gentleman drew a sum of money from the First National Bank of New York
City. As he was about to leave the building, he discovered an error. He
returned to the paying teller. He said: "I think you have made a mistake
in paying me." The cashier stood there, by chance. "No, sir," said he,
"we never make mistakes!" "But," said the gentleman, "you gave me
twenty dollars too much money!" "_No, sir!_" thundered the cashier, "we
_never_ make mistakes!" Not for twenty dollars in cash would that banker
admit that the establishment with which he was connected ever made a
mistake. And you can be assured that