Again, in this age of youth's independence, no matter how wise or foreseeing the parent, it is the young people themselves who usually decide what they will do; and even the wisest parent, if the youth be determined, hesitates to deflect him, thinking that the determination itself may prove the indication of aptitude or the motive power for perseverance. Finally, there is a factor which affects vocational choice in the most subtle ways. Many men today do not work for the sake of their work, but for the sake of their leisure. They work not to save, but to spend. The monotony of much toil is such that the worker can ask no pleasure out of it except the wage at the end of the week. This is especially true of the vocations that are followed by the poor and ignorant. The child of this cla...