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11. In the world of scholarship, to the literary man, the student, the scientist, the teacher, the value of mental efficiency is self-evident. Its paramount importance is less obvious, though not less real for those engaged in commercial pursuits or employed in occupations more apparently connected with physical activity. For the student, mental efficiency means not only more perfect apprehension and recollection but also an immense saving of time which is set free for further work. But to the business man the benefits are no less great, since a power to grasp details, to hold them in the mind, to compare them, to remember prices, contracts, the names and addresses and peculiarities of clients and the extent of stock on hand at the moment, to foresee the probable future movements of markets, must inevitably give a man an inestimable advantage over competitors. Every external achievement is first of all an internal idea: each successful act is primarily an invisible thought. Consequently, right thinking—in the broad sense—means right action; and it is for this reason that mental efficiency is the foundation of every other kind of efficiency.