XXVII.
ORDER.
MEMORY GEMS.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty.—C. Simmons
Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.—Macaulay
A place for everything, and everything in its place.—Old Proverb
Order is the law of all intelligible existence.—Blackie
Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, and the security of the state.—Southey
The two words "order" and "method" are so closely akin to each other that it is quite difficult to separate them, even in the mind. "Order is heaven's first law," it is said; also, "Method consists in the right choice of means to an end." Here a distinction is made; but the two words taken together, cover the line of thought we now wish to follow.
Children nowadays do not learn to read as they once did. They go to kindergartens; but order is the rule even in such play-schools, and it is the one great reason why they succeed. All schools and colleges depend upon order for successful work.