side-tracked by material cares thrust upon him by 
unkind fate. John Jacob Astor once told Washington Irving that it was 
only business responsibility that prevented his being a novelist; and at
other times he declared his intent to take up music as a profession as 
soon as he had gotten all of his securities properly tied up. And whether 
he worked out his dreams or not, there is no doubt but that they added 
to his peace, happiness and length of days. Happy is the man who 
escapes the critics by leaving his literary masterpiece in the ink. 
 
 
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