Of all men, the hardest driven is the "infallible" man--he who never makes a mistake, or will not acknowledge having made one. He is not to be envied. He spends at least one-fourth his energy trying to uphold his reputation and dignity; another fourth trying to be consistent with all he ever did or said in the past, and lengthily explaining what he meant when he said thus and so, which requires much squirming and mental juggling; another fourth to defend himself against any who dare assail him and resent any insubordination to his [95] infallible judgment. That is a weary, toilsome occupation. And it leaves only a fourth of a man to do any real, useful work. Besides, he is the biggest sectarian in the world, though he claim to be "only a Christian," and is either a thoroughly self-deceived man or a fraud.

[TAG 95-96]