"Their weight?" said Lurgan Sahib, impassively.
"Three, five, five and four ruttees, as I judge it. There is one piece of old greenish amber, and a cheap cut topaz from Europe. There is one ruby of Burma, one of two ruttees, without a flaw. And there is a Ballas ruby, flawed, of two ruttees. There is a carved ivory from China representing a rat sucking an egg; and there is last—ah ha! a ball of crystal as big as a bean set in a gold leaf."
"Kim is mortified at his bad beating, and asks the secret." The answer is: "By doing it many times over, till it is done perfectly, for it is worth doing."
Conscious and accurate sense impressions are essential for definite knowledge.
"He who knows and knows that he knows, he is wise, follow him."
ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION
There is no greater heritage which you can give your child to aid in his mental development, character building, and success winning than a trained ability to control his attention and concentration. In fact, to the degree in which he is able to do this, will he be able to control himself and later to control others. The ability to do these two things is a part of the capacity of every successful man. Every effort that you will put forth to aid the child in the development of these faculties will repay you in many ways.
Attention is the application of the senses to the subject in mind. Attention controlled and prolonged is Concentration.
The opposite, absent-mindedness, is simply involuntary or uncontrolled attention.