My Helplessness
- Gandhi has been taught to read laws, but not how to practice law. He's intimidated by a famous lawyer who is said to roar like a lion in the courts.
- He goes to others for advice. Frederick Pincutt tells him to read the history of India and two books on physiognomy.
- Gandhi doesn't find the physiognomy books helpful, but he is reassured by Pincutt's advice that the young man doesn't need to roar like a lion in the courts and that honesty and industry are enough to make a person a good lawyer.