KNOW YOURSELF is the old rule that people talk about， and who
in his right mind would ever argue that it s not important?
Still， it s easier said than done， as a lot of human critters have
found out， often to their dismay. Tricky business. For one thing，
you never know how other people take the tbings you do. Ask a
deaf man why he talks so loud and be ll tell you he didn t know
he was talking loud at alh
It s this way with more than deafness. Some things you ll never
know， like how you look when you re asleep or how strong your
grip is when you shake hands.
Still， a man s a fool if he doesn t learn a few things about bimselfi
Even if there s no real understanding behind it， he ought to have
an idea of how he strikes other people as different or maybe wrong
in some way. It may not make sense to him， but he ought to be
able to figure out when something isn t working just right. He
ought to know if something isn t coming across the way he thinks
he s sending it out.
You take a prognathic man， tbr example. He may think he s
generally admired because of his strong and manly chin， and he
might get in the habit of assuming a posture， lifting his profile in
a pose that would embarrass Caesar. He might do this all his life，
and never catch on that to nine people out of ten he s nothing but
a damned fool and the only wonder he excites is liow he can carry
a four-pound jaw around and not get tired enough to let his mouth
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