text: " But who is to tell him the nature of that territory and by what manner of journey it is to be traversed which lies between him and the gowned orator he is desirous of emulating? He sees the great actor on the stage or hears of the intoxicating applause which he wins; but who is to conduct him behind the scenes show him the apprenticeship he has to pass through the hazards of failure the impatience and tedium of unemployed energies--"the sad seclusion of unfrequented chambers or the sadder seclusion of crowded courts?"[14] How invaluable at such a time would be some kind good-natured friend who had passed through the rough experience who had sufficient remembrance of his own early mistakes and difficulties to comprehend all his bewilderment and sufficient tolerance to endure being questioned on matters which to him have grown too trite and familiar to seem to need explanation