is an own-brother to Over-confidence, and both are your inveterate enemies,

though they pretend to be soothing friends.

 

Conserve your material by indexing every good idea on cards, thus:

 

[HW:

 

_Socialism_

 

Progress of S., Env. 16 S. a fallacy, 96/210 General article on S., Howells',

Dec. 1913 "Socialism and the Franchise," Forbes "Socialism in Ancient Life,"

Original Ms., Env. 102

 

]

 

On the card illustrated above, clippings are indexed by giving the number of the

envelope in which they are filed. The envelopes may be of any size desired and

kept in any convenient receptacle. On the foregoing example, "Progress of S.,

Envelope 16," will represent a clipping, filed in Envelope 16, which is, of

course, numbered arbitrarily.

 

The fractions refer to books in your library--the numerator being the

book-number, the denominator referring to the page. Thus, "S. a fallacy,

96/210," refers to page 210 of volume 96 in your library. By some arbitrary

sign--say red ink--you may even index a reference in a public library book.