by. I wordnetdesire to be doing some real good, feeling that 
I am not only at play in the world," answered Tom, 
rather puzzled to find out himself what he really did 
mean. 

" You are mixing up two very different  in 
your head, I think. Brown," said the master, putting 
down his empty saucer, " and you ought to get clear 
about them. You talk of ' working to get your liv- 
ing,' and ' doing some real good in the world,' in the 
same breath. Now you may be getting a very good 
living in a profession, and yet doing no good at all 
in the world, but quite the contrary, at the same 
time. Keep the latter before you as your one 
object, and you will be right, whether you make a 
living or not ; but if you dwell on the other, you'll 
very likely drop into mere money-making, and let 
the world take  of itself for good or evil. Don't 
be in a hurry about finding your work in the world 
for yourself; you are not old enough to judge for 
yourself yet, but just look about you in the place 
you find yourself in, and try to make  a little 
better and honester there. You'