of  investment  for  their  capital,  which  consequently ­
  remains  comparatively  unproductive
—to  say  nothing  of  the  additional  and
indispensable  capital  security  which  Geographical ­
  Distribution  carries  with  it.
There  are  as  many  varieties  of  Investment
aims  as  there  are  forms  of  leaves  on  the  trees,
and  the  examples  which  we  have  given
are  only  a  few  average  specimens.  If  the
personal  aims  of  any  one  of  our  readers  are
fairly  described  in  one  of  the  given  specimens,
then  no  difficulty  arises  in  constructing  his
investment  scheme  ;  but  should  his  case  not
fall  under  one  of  these  general  and  most
frequent  heads,  then  we  shoidd  advise  him
to  take  special  advice.
The  foregoing  examples  will  also  serve  to
illustrate  how  our  mode  of  constructing
Investment  Schemes  reduces  to  a  minimum
the  element  of  speculation.  Further,  they
will  enable  an  investor  who  follows  our
principles  to  decide  at  the  outset  by  what
means  he  can  best  attain  the  investment
object  desired  by  him.
Investors  have  been  so  frequently  misled
by  rosy  pictures  of  future  possibilities,  that
a  great  many  of  our  readers  may  possibly
consider  our  outline  of  obtainable  results
overdrawn,  and  may  feel  inclined  to  doubt