Professional jealousy

An Italian philosopher, Signor Ferriani, who has made extensive inquiries into what may be called the psychology of occupation, has constructed a scale showing the varying degrees in which professional jealousy exists in different professions. The lowest place in this scale is assigned to architects; next above them come clergymen, advocates, and military officers; then follow in order from below upwards, professors of science and literature, journalists, authors, doctors, and actors. It will be seen that our profession holds a bad eminence in the …