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Dedicated _to

YOU

With Most Cordial Wishes

**

For though _{gamesters say} that the _cards beat

all

the _players, though they were never so _{skilful, yet}

in the _contest we are now _considering the _players are

also the game and share the power of the cards."

**

Thought is

all light and publishes itself in the

universe. It will flow from your actions, your

manners, _{and your} face. It _will bring _you friend-ship

or _enemies."

*' _{Yes, here in}

this _miserable, hampered, despic-able

actual wherein thou even now _standest. Here

or _nowhere is thy ideal. Work it out therefrom,

and working believe, live, be free. Fool ! the ideal

is in thyself; the impediment, too, is in _th3rself

;

thy

condition is but the stuff thou art to shape that

same ideal out of. What matter whether such stuff

be

of this sort or that so the form thou _give it be

heroic, be

poetic ? Oh, thou that pinest in the im-prisonment

of the actual and criest bitterly to the

gods for a kingdom _wherein to _rule, know this

truth : the thing thou _seekest is _{already with} thee,

here _or

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IS

FOR

YOU

CHAPTER I.

WHAT EXPERIMENTS REVEAL.

YOU

attracts _all things bright, de-sirable,

helpful, healthy,

and

joy-

ous

; or, one that draws _all things

disagreeable,

gloomy, undesirable,

unhealthy, and destructive.

You

either respond to and vi-brate

with the immense tide of

happiness

and success in the _world ;

or, _{you allow yourself} to be en-_gulfed

in _the

great currents of woe

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unaware _of the _{power within your-self,}

you drift aimlessly, sometimes

riding high on the _{crest of} a _sweep-ing

wave _{of prosperity, and} some-_times

sinking so low as to be drawn

down

and almost lost in an _under-tow

of despair.

In brief,

you are _either a success

or a failure _; or _you are _neither one

nor the _{other, which} is _almost as

bad _as being _a failure. If

you are

not a success, it is imperatively

urgent that you should discover

why you are not^ for Success is

for

You.

Perhaps

you have never thought

of the way the law of attraction,

the law _{of vibration, and} the law _of

WHAT EXPERIMENTS REVEAL ₃

and upon you. It is true _you can-_not

see the _{workings of} these in-visible

laws, but

you can _perceive

the _{results of} their _action. Have

you ever dissolved _{silver and put}

it into

clear water in _which it can-_not

be _seen,

and then made an

attractor to _{gather up} the invisible

particles of the metal ? A sympa-thetic

bit

of silver on the _negative

pole of a battery attracts _every

atom _{of silver} in the water, be it

as _small as a mote in a _sunbeam.

There is _a force

within you which

properly directed, will draw condi-tions

and opportunities of success

that are as invisible as the liquid

silver lost in water. The _{piece of}

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to itself _{all the particles of} its kind

in _{the water} is _a

symbol of every

thought _{and action of your} life.

Your

every thought and action are

magnetic centres, _radiating influ-ence

that attracts or _{repels and}

determines

certain outward con-_ditions.

Your _{thoughts are} forces

that _radiate from _you as light does

from _a

star.

Hold in

your hand a box or a

piece of paper and ask some one

to

produce different tones until you

feel _the

paper vibrate in your hand.

Place

several violin strings in a

state _{of uniform} tension over a

sounding board and tuned in uni-son

with one _{another, and go} to

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sound a _pipe or a _string having

the same _pitch as that _of the three

strings. If another person listens

closely, he will observe that the

violin strings _{oscillate sympathetic-ally}

from _the

effects of the pipe

sounded in the opposite end of the

room. This _{simple experiment}

shows the _vibratory effects of the ex-_ceedingly

rare _{and elastic ether} that

fills

all space. It is a _mysterious

messenger and conveys information

on _viewless waves. The _reciprocal

and reflexive action of

thought-force in _this

all-pervading electro-magnetic

ether, is as _powerful, nat-_ural,

and understandable as are the

forces _that

produce the vibrations

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As _the invisible _currents

of air

carried the tone that made the

paper vibrate in your hand ; or, as

the _{unseeable wind rising and} fall-ing

upon a _stringed instrument

produces Eolian melodies, so _your

invisible _thoughts

play upon the

hearts

and minds of your

fellow-beings. You

awaken responses

according to the kind and quality

of the thought you

_project

accordance with the fineness or

coarseness _of the hearts _{and minds}

of those your thought-forces touch.

The

chief responsibility, however,

lies

with you, for by the law of ac-_tion

and re-action which is as _simple

in _the

spiritual world as it is in the

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upon yourself. The reactionary

character of emotion in the spiritual

and of motion in the physical world

is _{the same.} The

ever-widening

rings made by a _pebble tossed

upon the smooth surface of a lake

give you a fine hint _of the _way the

thought _{you send} forth acts _upon

the invisible ocean _{of ether} that sur-_rounds

and interpenetrates every-body

and everything. The waves

caused by the pebble are no less

real than the vibratory effect caused

by

every word that conveys an idea

either thoughtfully or thoughtlessly

spoken.

If

you doubt that thought is a

force, follow _the

work now being

done in _the laboratory

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study at Cambridge. They have

means there for investigating _and

measuring every mental process.

The _time

required for mental action

and re-action, for discrimination, at-_tention,

association of ideas, fatigue,

and all that, is mathematically re-_corded.

Men

sleep on balances

with apparata that mark the slight-est

change of pulse, respiration,

circulation, and heat. They test

themselves _{with mild} doses _of nar-_cotics,

tonics, _{and other nervines.}

They

multiply or _{reduce air-press-ures}

over the _entire dermal _surface.

They

select a _{square-inch of skin,}

and with every known test educate

it for

months ; they fatigue definite

WHAT EXPERIMENTS REVEAL O

exact time _and force _of imagina-tion,

of memory and will, and they

explore hypnotic states. Prof. E.

W. Scripture has

recently made

certain discoveries through these

interesting

experiments that will

prove of practical value to

working-men.

More _thrilling,

vitally and almost

dramatically interesting, however,

than the _work at Cambridge are

the _{experiments of} Dr. Elmer Gates

at the Laboratory _of Psychology

and Mind- Art at Chevy Chase, Md.

Dr. Gates holds _that

mind activ-ities

can create brain structures.

He

proves his theory first by ex-_perimenting

on dogs.

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born

at the same time were

sub-jected

to different _training,

with

very interesting results. A num-_ber

were _put in a dark room from

the moment _of their birth, _and were

not _permitted to see a _{ray of} light.

Another

group were _allowed to live

as dogs _usually do. A _{third set} were

given most _{extraordinary} training

in

using their seeing faculties. At

the _{age of nine months all} the _pup-pies

were _{chloroformed.} The first

group that had never _{used the} see-_ing

function

showed an _undevel-oped

cortex in the _seeing area _of

the brain. The _{second group} that

had led

regular dog lives had a

number of cells developed. The

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number of brain cells than any of

the dogs, but the _cells

_themSfeTves

were more highly developed _and

more _complex in _their internal

structure _{and chemical composition.}

Indeed, _they had _a

greater number

of brain cells than any dogs of the

breed ever _possessed.

Professor Gates _says : "My ex-_periments

demonstrate _{that every}

definite

mental experience produces

a definite _anatomical or _molecular

structure in some _{particular and}

definite _{part of the} brain. When we

see _{any color} or hear _{any sound} long

enough to remember it, the process

creates _{structural changes} in the

brain, _{and the}

refunctioning of

those structures constitute _memory.

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The

association of memories with

each other is accomplished by

means _of interconnecting fibres _and

by _means

of wave-motions in the

brain _mass, "

molar, electrical, and

etheric." Prof. Gates holds the

memory of the emotion of hate is

embodied in different structures

than a _{memory of} the fear _of a

snake, or _{the memory of} one's love

for a _mother. Every _time an _evil

memory _refunctions it becomes

stronger ;_every time _{such memories}

are _{associated with other memories}

of the same sort a

criminal

domi-nancy is being built in the brain.

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CHAPTER II.

THE UPBUILDING PROCESS.

DOES

you can train _yourself men-_tally

in

such a _way that _you not

only change the cells in your brain

but _the

conditions of your life ?

The

upbuilding process of mental

training _may seem intricate, _yet it

is

exceedingly simple. The follow-ing

on the _way to _{give up smoking}

affords an insight into the _philoso-phy

of Professor Gates. He says :

" _I

may not _wish to _give up the

vice, for instance, of smoking. My

will, therefore,

wills

and I smoke. But if I commence

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to build in _my brain, a new _series

of sense-memories, images, con-_cepts,

ideas,

emotions, impulses,

likes

and dislikes, conduct-memo-ries

and so on _which are not favor-able

to

smoking and keep these

mentations active daily until the

new _structures become dominant,

then I _will no longer _wish to _smoke,

and I will quit I speak from ex-_perience."

Thus _the

commonplace

saying, "Change your mind" is

proved to be really possible in more

ways than one.

To develop _new

sense-memories

and strengthen them, it is plainly

shown you must _{repeat certain}

declarations for improvement,

_just

mul-THE UPBUILDING PROCESS 1 ₅

tiplication table _{until you} knew it

subconsciously. Can you remem-_ber

when you learned two times

two are four ? Does it not seem

that _{you always} knew it ? Do _you

not _say it _{without seeming} to think

at _all ?

The

results of this method of

mental training suggest how the

apparently idiotic declarations so in-sistently

iterated

and re-iterated by

Christian Scientists

may be effect-ive in

creating healthy states _of

mind and conditions of body. By

asserting over _and over _what they

conceive to be the truth, certain

changes may take _place in the brain

structures _and definite _moral memO'

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conditions they have been

declar-

ing

often become evident

Accidents frequently

prove that

if

you change in a human brain _any

group of brain cells you will affect

in _that

person's mind one definite

class of memories. If by brain

building

you put into the brain a

new _{group of} functioning _{cells, you}

add a new _{class of memories and}

give that person really more _mind.

The idea

of developing helpful

sense-memories is put to test with

cheering results in the kindergar-tens.

Courage

plays,

justice

artistic, charity, laughter, friend-ship,

sympathy, and

joy

all designed to call into repeated

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or intellectual _{state, that after} a

time _may become habitual, or _the

expression of it becomes a _{subcon-scious}

process. The boy who has

learned

certain gallantries in the

etiquette play doffs his hat to a

lady

without thinking he has been

taught to do so. His

condtcct-memo-rzes _{act thus,} as _quickly, as _{spon-taneously} as his _{mental-memories}

do

when he recalls

"

two _times two

are four."

The _most

wonderful result of the

experiments made by Professor

Gates _{was the} discovery _that

certain

states _{of mind produced chemical}

precipitates in the body. He says :

"In ₁₈₇₉ I _published a _{report of}

experiments showing that, when

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the breath _of a _patient was _passed

through a tube _{cooled with} ice so

as to _condense the _{volatile quaHtie^^}

of the respiration, the iodide of

rhodopsin, mingled with these con-_densed

products, produced no _ob-servable

precipitate. But, within

five

minutes after the patient be-came

angry, there appeared a

brownish

precipitate, which indi-cates

the _{presence of} a _chemical

compound produced by the emo-_tion.

This

compound, extracted

and administered to men _{and ani-mals,}

caused stimulation and ex-_citement.

Extreme _sorrow,

such

as _mourning for the loss _of a _child

recently deceased, produced a _gray

pre-THE UPBUILDING PROCESS 1 ₉

cipitate, etc. My _{experiments show}

that irascible, _{malevolent, and} de-pressing

emotions generate in the

system

injurious

of which are _{extremely poisonous} ;

also, that agreeable, happy emo-_tions

generate chemical compounds

of nutritious value, which stimulate

the _cells to

manufacture energy."

The last

clause of the foregoing

suggests why hopeful, cheerful

people, full of loving-kindness keep

their _{youthful appearance} so _much

longer _than disagreeable folk do.

Energy is life.

Experiments have demonstrated

that _{every emotion of} a false _and

disagreeable _nature

produces a

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These

poisons affect the health

and the _germ-cells.

Another interesting discovery

made by psychologists is that

everyone throws out a _psychical

and physical magnetism.

Every-body

exhales an _emanation

just

a flower or a _weed does. The _at-mosphere

is

vital with our emana-_tions.

The

stimulating influences

of a _metropolis are _accounted for

by _{the thought}

emanations in the

air. Analysis has shown that :

" Different

people give out differ-ent

emanations ; _and that the

same _{people give out} different

emanations at different times ;

that decisive _{people give} out dis-tinct

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according to the individuality is

the force _of the _emanation ; that

even to the _{utensils which} we em-_ploy,

to _our

clothes, to our rooms,

we _give out our _{emanations, and}

that _every thought we think in

any place influences more or less

the _{atmosphere of} that _{place, and,}

to some _extent influences _every

one _who comes into it, _according

to _the degree

of sensitiveness of

CHAPTER III.

AN INSPIRITING SYMBOL.

WHAT

success ? Everything.

The foregoing

all too brief and

inadequate

presentation of the

experiments and discoveries in

mind-art and psychology " does it

not _{suggest what masterly power}

is

within you ? Does it not _sug-gest

that success is

for

only know how to handle yourself

aright ?

Grant _that

your thought is a

force

; that this force influences

more or less, _according to the _way

you direct it, everybody and

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thing _{with whom and with which}

you come in _contact.

Recall _the

experiments upon the

puppies ; the development _of sense,

conduct and moral- memories in

the _children in the kindergartens,

which show that you have the

power to change the conditions of

your mind, if not the _{cells of your}

brain. Recall _these I

pray you

and grant that you can _change

your thought-force for better or

for

worse as _your Will insists.

Recall how

certain people have

affected you ; how some had an

atmosphere as _pleasant as a _sunny

breeze

and how others seemed

ever to move in damp _clouds ex-_haling

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ence distinct _sensations, feelings,

and emotions, pleasurable with the

one _and discomforting _and depress-ing

with the other ? Recall these

and grant, if you please, that psy-chical

as _well as _physical emana-_tions

are _{real and} that they are

not as _{unsubstantial} as ''boiled

cobwebs," as some _melancholy ma-_terialists

would have you believe.

Apropos

of cobwebs " the

spider is _a

glorious example for you. Is

not the _web he _spins an inspiriting

symbol of the power within you

that creates the _conditions that

surround you ? With equal ease

he

swings a _gossamer hammock in

a corner _of a _castle or a barn _; or

tree-AN INSPIRITING SYMBOL ₂₅

twigs or _spreads his fragile net on

spears of delicate grass that serve

as _pillars for his home near the

ground. No matter where he

builds it is _{the same}

sort _of illu-sion

" a tangible

veil of mist.

Does _{this not} hint to _{you the}

meaning of the following signifi-cant

words ?

" The

covetousness,

or the _{malignity which saddens} me

when I ascribe it to society, is my

own. / am _{always environed} by

myself

strands that the spider

_projects,

are they not _{visible emanations?}

He decorates _or disfigures

accord-ing

to

where he builds. Art has

never been _able to _reproduce in

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of the web of a _spider woven on

grass-tips and studded with

sun-lighted dewdrops. No

crystal has

ever been _{glorified with} more

beautiful,

prismatic coloring than

that _which idealizes a _spider's

home hung _{on a tree or} between

old posts. The light breaking on

the _{perfect angles} formed by the

geometric lines of delicate gossa-mer,

makes the fragile thing seem

woven _of the intangible _radiations

of a _rainbow.

But

what a bit _of dirty fluff a

spider's web is in a _{clean white}

hallway _or

pretty living-room ?

Many

of us like the _{spider choose}

the _wrong corner in _which to weave

AN INSPIRITING SYMBOL ₂₇

" but like

many another celebrity

he is _not

_judged

and best expression of himself, and

his

vices have been made more

prominent than his virtues, except

one, his _{great unfailing} industry,

his

courage to stick to what he has

once begun despite _repeated at-_tacks

and defeats. A poet long

ago sang in verse the _{praises of}

this _{superb quality of} the indefatig-able

weaver. But not to digress

" if

you grant that your thought

is _a force

and that you can direct

this force, _and that _you create an

atmosphere round about you that

either attracts or _{repels, what} is the

first _thing

you must do if _{you wish} to

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CHAPTER IV.

TO MAKE YOURSELF A VALUE.

YOU

What Dress Makes

of

endeavor to find out if _your

ap-'^pearance is for or _{against your}

inner

self. You will observe

whether your clothes are _{caricatur-ing}

the lines _{of your} body _and the

features

of your face ; or _advertis-ing

to _{the world that}

you are a

vain, erratic creature, or a _slovenly

disheartened _one. You

will note

whether your body is truthfully

revealing your real self, your spirit.

When

you remember that every

thought is a _chisel literally _carving

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its

expression upon the face and

form

you will strive to give your

thoughts as _attractive an out-_ward

showing as you possibly can,

will you not ? Men

judge

walk and by the general movements

of his body. The new psychology

teaches us we can _{make ourselves}

over by _{using and} developing the

right kind of thought-force. In

harmony

with Professor Gates

another psychologist affirms :

" Every

thought _which enters tKe

mind is registered in the brain by

a _change more or less _permanent

Bad _thoughts build

up structures

of cells which engender evil ideas,

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Consider _{the case}

of the man who

is

unhappy and depressed, who

has lost

ambition and walks the

streets _{with slouching gait} The

psycho-physicist can take _such a

person and within six weeks trans-form

him _to

such an extent that

every friend of his will notice the

difference." By _this

process of

moral upbuilding what might not

be done

among the criminal classes ?

Regarding _this

process of mak-ing

one's _self over, Henry Wood,

an _{eminent psychologist, says} :

" _Every

one has long been aware

that fear, _{grief, sin, anxiety, pessi-mism,}

and all their train pull down

bodily _tissue, but _we have

unwit-tingly

failed _to

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positive opposites would surely

build it

up. But this is logical and

reasonable. Harmony,

joy,

idealism, love,

and courage

^ will surely

invigorate. Under _the

-now _{well-understood} law _{of auto-suggestion}

and thought-concentra-tion,

each mental condition can be

positively cultivated and made

dominant in _the

consciousness."

You have

practised auto-sugges-tion

unawares _{all your} life. When

you said, for instance, upon going

to bed, _{'*I must}

get up at _six

o'clock to-morrow morning," and

so _{charged your mind with the}

thought that _you must _{wake up}

that _you did, _{you practised} auto-_suggestion

in _a familiar

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you say to yourself upon

(ailing

asleep,

" _I

will rise with energy,

sunny hope, courage and smiles to-morrow

morning," and persist in

saying it, you will nerve _yourself to

carry out the _{words you} declare,

and you will find yourself stimu-lated

with new _power. You _will

establish sense-memartes that _will

WILL

you to be energetic, radiant,

cheerful, and full of bouyant ener-_gy,

and you will attract _successful

conditions. Did you ever know a

gracious, sunny soul who was not

sought for and gladly welcomed

everywhere ? A heart that radiates

courage and belief in its own _powers

of accomplishment draws oppor-tunities

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value.

expression, it is of real market

worth to one _who can _say it truth-fully.

To _{the man or woman}

"

rich in friends

"

doors _are

opened

and opportunities presented that

often are not _{within reach of} those

merely rich in money, and are

never heard _of by the _woe-begone

who live in the depths.

The term "

people of value

"

signifies not _only those _{of prestige}

and worldly position but men and

women _{of such character and} trust-worthiness

that their _word or re-_commendation

recogni-34 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

tion _{and respect.} If _your thought

is

all pure, bright, confident and

courageous, your personality will

be

agreeable, uplifting, and you will

be _a

value, an increasing value,

wherever you go, and people, glad

that _you are _{alive, will want you,}

will seek you.

Believe _me, if

you are _receptive

to impressions

and have no false

standards of pride that create

around you a _{repellent atmosphere}

and are _{cheerfully alert and} brave

to

seize opportunities it will seem

as if _{paths of pleasantness and}

success _appear as if by _magic for

your willing feet to tread. If you

are inclined to think this _assertion

is but

to MAKE YOURSELF A _{VALUE 35}

of an _optimist, honestly _study the

temperament, _{ways, and} disposition

of those who succeed in life, and

CHAPTER V.

THE BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY.

1 LLUSTRATIVE

of this fact,

^

note the _underlying forces that

won success for the boy _who is the

hero

of the following tale. It

reads like a romance, _yet it is true :

A

young man, an orphan, worked

in _a New York detective bureau.

From his

occupation you

judge

aright that he had

knowlecfge

men, _and, better than that, he had

self-knowledge. Self-knowledge fa-thers

self-poise, an admirable trait

he

possessed in a _commendable de-gree.

He

was a _{physically and}

mentally wholesome chap. He was

THE BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY

₃₇

attractively cheerful. That his

personality was lovable one _might

infer from _the devotion

of a _pretty

little East-side

girl for whom his

chivalrous and tender regard were

sweet to see.

He had little

money, sometimes

none. Among the few things his

father left him _{was a}

recipe for

clearitng boilers. He occasionally

earned a hundred dollars by _mak-ing

some _of the _preparation to the

order of a firm in Bombay for _whom

his father from _time to _time had

done _{the same.} Perhaps it _was

the _recipe that _gave him the im-pression

that it _would be a _good

plan to go to India.

All he had _was

_$7.50

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the

journey.

however, _{to a man}

who knows his

end and moves _straight for it, _andfor

it

alone. He was determined to _get

to London, _and he did. He

worked

his

passage by assisting in the en-_gineers'

department

of a _steam-ship.

His

_$7.50

when

he

arrived in London. He soon

spent it for the necessities of life.

One day he

sat _penniless but

hopeful in _a

park in the great,

strange city. Instead of present-ing

the _{gloomy, unattractive ap-pearance}

of a

dejected

drooping

shoulders, grimly shut,

unsmiling mouth, lowering eyes,

and helpless hands shoved discon-solately

in

THE BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY ₃₉

gave the impression of being a

well-to-do manly young fellow

resting from a _{pleasant walk.} He

was kempt _with care, as _usual. His

clothes were a bit worn but _{scrupu-lously}

neat He _{whistled softly}

a

jocund

hands

whittled a _stick. As he

whistled and whittled he wondered

what he would do next. He

attracted the attention of an _old

gentleman who sat beside him.

The

old man _addressed a common-_place

remark to him which the boy

answered looking the older man

straight in the eye, as was his _wont,

with a direct, _searching, but not

inhospitable look.

The boy in

re-40 SUCXESS IS FOR YOU

sponded to the old gentleman's

observations in a _{spirit of easy,}

pleasant comradeship. Finally the

older man _confided to the _younger

that he _{wished much} to _sell his

library

which, although small, con-_tained

a _{number of valuable} books.

He

asked the boy if he thought he

could sell it for him. With char-acteristic

alacrity of spirit the New

York

chap, not at _{all phased, said}

he

would try to do it. The old

man _gave him some directions.

The boy

succeeded in selling the

books. He

received a _commission

of five pounds for doing it.

He lost _{no time} in finding

out

what were his _{possibilities} for _get-ting

to India. He _{seized the}

op-THE BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY ₄ 1

portunity to go as an _{assistant of}

a _cook on a _steamer bound for

Bombay. Among

other things his

ready hands _could do was to _{play ^}

banjo

banished _care

and

homesicki(ess

his leisure hours by

picking oiJt

many a _merry tune. His _music

won for him _the friendly interest

of a first-cabin _{passenger, at whose}

request the boy went on the _upper

deck _to

play. The captain, enraged

at his _{audacity, ordered} him below

with brutal despatch. The boy

was

"

rich in friends," the passen-gers

pleaded that he should remain

to _{play not only that night} but

other nights. The favor was

42 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

When _the boy hired _to

assist the

cook he had signed papers to re-turn

with the steamer. He did

not _wish to do it but, like the

cheerful philospher that he was,

he did

not _spoil the _comfortable

present by worrying about the

future.

Verily, *' _{Fortune favors}

the

brave." The

captain, displeased

with the boy's apparent lack of

appreciation of class-distinctions,

and resenting the attentions be-stowed

upon him by grateful pas-sengers

who had

_enjoyed

discharged him _at Bombay. Of

course, this _unexpected dismissal

made the boy more _{than glad.}

He hunted

THE BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY ₄₃

sent for the _preparation for _clean-ing

boilers. They

wished to buy

his

recipe. He had the commer-_cial

knowledge

and wit to know

enough not to take their _price.

He

used the recipe for his own

profit He prospered.

One day he _came back _to New

York,

very comfortably off, and

more _manly than ever in his bright,

unassuming, self-poised way. He

miarried his East-side sweetheart

and made a tour _of the United

States before

going to his home in

Bombay.

Were _not

cheerfulness and cour-_age,

as

_well

among the fine qualities that at-_tracted

44 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

You

may rightly remark,

" _The

Fates _were kind _to him. He had

that most _{precious of natal gifts} "

a happy _temperament It was _easy

for him _to

get along." To be sure

the man or woman _who is bom

with a brave, _{cheerful, and} ener-_getic

temperament has the start

in life

of the one in _{whom mel-ancholy,}

negation, and timidity

predominate; but thanks to the

beneficent forces

within us _all a

man or woman can _conquer tem-peramental

weaknesses.

1

CHAPTER VI.

TWO WHO CONQUERED.

A

grumble at _{everything, made}

life _a burden to her _{roommate at}

a fashionable boarding-school. The

roommate turned _upon her one

day

and said,

** I

would n't be _you

for

all the money in the _world,

even if _you are the first in _{all your}

classes. You always see the _worst

side of things. Nothing pleases

you. Do you know I

've _been

keeping _{an account}

of the things

you Ve grumbled at this _morning ?

It is

only eleven o'clock and you

have

scolded about twenty things.

46 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

If

you don't stop finding fault I '11

ask Mrs. Parsons to let Sally Ridge

room _with me. She

's

untidy, but

she always has a _{good word} for

everybody and is not _carping at

everything." The girl who was

arraigned had a _{sensitive, critical,}

and imaginative temperament. She

was high-strung _and idealistic _and

scarcely anything satisfied her lofty

standards. She was _wounded at

many things one _of less keen _sensi-bility

would not _notice. Her sen-_sitiveness,

not being _controlled,

developed into _{mere touchiness, a}

disagreeable

phase of vanity. She

had _never been _{taught to}

weigh all

sides to get

just

denunciation, delivered

TWO WHO _{CONQUERED 47}

the _{uncompromising} manner _of a

candid girl, hurt her pride. She

had

not been _{conscious of} her

fault-findings,

and honestly believed

herself incapable

of making herself

so disagreeable, _{and would} have

believed herself

sincere when she

asserted

*' I

judge

excellences not by their defects."

But _the list

of her criticisms of her

schoolmates, teachers, and the

servant, her _grumblings at her

clothes, bed, in fact everything, so

glibly read off by her observing

companion convinced her that she

was indisputably _guilty. She re-_solved

to

check her inclination to

find fault. It _was difficult _at first.

The _{tendency to measure}

every-48 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

body

and everything by her own

standards was _{strong within} her.

She kept _account

of her criticisms

of both people and things, and of

the _{number of} times _{she controlled}

her impulse to denounce. She

tried to _see her

schoolmates as

they _really were, not as _she

thought

they _ought to be. She

persisted

until she conquered the desire to

find fault _at

all. She in the mean-_time

had developed _a

power of

keen discrimination

and a

justness

of

judgment

and that came to be _{relied upon}

by

older people. Her word in

after life became one _{of authority.}

Her

condemnation or _{praise of}

TWO WHO _{CONQUERED 49}

cases as final. It was _{said of} her,

*'You know if Mary _says it, it is

so, for _she never

judges

and sees _you from _{every point of}

view she can."

Yet

another equally simple illus-tration

of the mastering of a tem-peramental

weakness, that proves

that _anyone can _govern her tem-perament.

A _talented

young wom-an

so _{craved novelty and variety}

that _she lacked in a _conspicuous

degree _the

power of application.

She _was

always beginning some-_thing

and never was known to

completely finish any work she

ever _tried to do. She was brilliant

in _a birdlike

way " the

way of a

50 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

that flies _rapidly from one flower

to _another, but does _{not stay} long

at _any. She had many good

thoughts, yet they were _scattered.

She

could talk on a great variety

of

_subjects

failed

sadly in consecutiveness of

-feeling, _thought,

and action. A

huge _trunk full

of expensive ma-_terials

for fancy

work was a _revela-tion

of the condition of her mind.

In _{the trunk were} fine linen

pillow

shams, one _richly braided, the _other

scarcely begun, both mussed and

age-worn ; there were _all sorts _and

patterns of embroidery, the latest

of the hour, tossed on old-fashioned

specimens. None were completed.

In _{some a} flower

TWO WHO _{CONQUERED 5} 1

wrought in silk and perfectly

matched in colors showed the skill

of the worker. There were _endless

beginnings

of lace work for collars,

cuffs, and trimmings, all soiled and

4

thrown _aside, some in knotted

little bundles

; there were half-fin-ished

slippers, sacks, and

smoking-caps that the restless, active fingers

had

eagerly worked at in the fresh,

stimulating enthusiasm of a first

attack. In her mental methods

was the same _{want of steadiness}

and persistency. She

jumped

rap-idly from

premise to conclusion,

and failed to connect _{and carry} out

her ideas,

really fine and worthy as

the

_majority

day _a

52 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

observer of human nature _said to

her, " Do

you know that your lack

of thoroughness is your greatest

fault ? It

will be at the bottom _of

all your failures in life. If you do

not _conquer it, _{you will} never be

a success in _anything." The _girl

was _proud. She _wished to be a

noted success in one _{special calling}

and an _all-around success in _what-ever

she did. She blushed and

quivered at the _{philosopher's} re-_mark.

His

words stung her like

a lash. His _words had _weight

however. Poor

child, she started

in to

conquer this lack of conti-nuity,

not knowing _what a _weari-some

battle it

would be. She

TWO WHO _CONQUERED 53

knelt down to _{say the} Lord's

Prayer,

she was _amused, first, _and

then horrified to _{note upon} how

many things her mind wandered

while she was _repeating the familiar

lines. She

made effort after effort

to _concentrate her _{thoughts upon}

the _{meaning of} the _words ; at last

she gained the restful upliftment

that _{any prayer} or _{poem, said with}

absolute attention to the meaning

of the lines, gives the one _who

utters it. The _world is _shut out

with all its harassing turmoil and

hurry by _this

power of concen-_tration.

She dwelt

upon and pored

over _work that became so disagree-able

to her _that

she would shed

tears doing it. She _took

54 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

lessons

and learned her notes by

heart. Not having _a

perfect ear

this took intense _application. She

studied French verbs. She made

herself finish

whatever she began.

To-day

she is a _{great artist.} She

dates her

success from the hour

the _philosopher told her _of her

greatest fault She is not _only a

mistress of details in her profession

but _{a thorough} housekeeper. She

did

not _conquer by _magic but by

many months of persistent effort

The

effort, however, soon ceased

to become irksome for

she resolved

to

conquer with smiles instead of

tears. She had learned _{the value}

CHAPTER VII.

SUCCESS IN CHEERFULNESS AND

CONCENTRATION.

EVERYTHING

that _{cheerfulness upbuilds,}

uplifts, attracts. Be _cheerful.

Grumbling,

whining, complain-ing

are

just

from

your bank account _{of mental}

force

and put to a _{very poor} use,

indeed, to no use at _all. If _you

drew

your money out _{of your}

bank

every day and tossed it into

the sea _{people would} deem _you

insane. You

would soon become

poor and neglected. You waste

your precious God-given force

just

56 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

as foolishly, _and lose _{your power}

of attracting by fretting over tri-fles,

" a letter

expected, a bit _of

dirt _{on the} floor, imaginary insults

and a hundred _{other silly,} false

ideas. Your

vital energy, your

very life is thus uselessly dissi-pated

and soon _{you repel, and}

people study how to avoid you

and you lose opportunities of suc-cess.

If

you are inclined to be _miser-able

and have a tendency to _mel-ancholy

and despondency practise

auto-suggestion vigorously and in-sistently

and change your

sense-memories. Determine to be

cheer-ful.

_Project

vision, a _{picture of}

cour-CHEERFULNESS ₅₇

ageous, hopeful, and make yourself

like it Concentrate

your thought

upon cheerfulness. Concentration

is _one

of the

_chie(forces

in

anything. You even _comb

your hair better if you concentrate

your thought upon doing it. Your

good-morning is more _magnetic,

more helpful to both _{yourself and}

your hearer, if you concentrate

your thought upon the person as

you utter it. You

_project

of concentrated spiritual light that

warms _and brightens.

A _{man's thoughts}

may all be

good and correct _{and commend-able,}

yet if his mind flits quickly

from

another they

become

58 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

power of attracting, of magnetiz-ing.

They

will accomplish com-_paratively

nothing in building up

business _or

character. A thought

to be

effective must be _clearly

defined

and steadily held It may

be

made to fly like the shot of a

skilled gunner whose aim is sure

and swift ; or it _may be

projected

with the diffusive brightness of a

sky-rocket which challenges admir-ation

for _an instant

and then dis-appears

into

nothingness. I _trust

you see how imperatively

necessary it is that your thoughts

should be classified, should be

clear, should be definite, and that

you should have concentration. A

CHEERFULNESS ₅₉

people often went for _advice,

offered none to his son _who was

coming East to start _upon a _musi-cal

career. The _young man

half-fancied his father _{was not} interested

in his _success. When _the

_judge

bade his boy

good-bye he said,

** Stick

to it,

my son. Remember

those three little _words," he con-_tinued,

emphasizing them afresh

by _telling

each one _off on his

fingers, _''Stick to it ! I

say." His

son never forgot the _admonition.

It

nerved him to keep on _although

discouragements _{came thick}

and

fast,

and the struggle in New

York,

where competition was in-tense,

was terrible for a time. He

finally

6o

SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

international

reputation in musical

circles.

Clean,

clearly defined, concen-_trated

thought-force has a _quality

of electricity. It is powerful

to-attract, _{and properly} directed it

burns

away what is useless and

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GAIN FROM STUDYING YOUR

FELLOW-MEN.

WHEN

yourself you will

the better _{understand your}

fellow-beings. But

study your

fellow-men, so _{you will} not be deceived.

If

you are deceived it is _your own

fault,

and you have no _right to _rail

against those who have deceived

you, as if they _alone were the _chief

sinners. You should learn to know"

the trading _{eye that}

weighs your

purse

position

weighs your

form,

eye that weighs your souL

62 _{SUCCESS IS FOR YOU}

Educate

your ear to discern _and

to differentiate _the distinctive

quality in the voices of all you

meet. The over-tones in the

voices of the false signalize to you

to be

careful and cautious in your

dealings

with them.

Treachery is

revealed in the

sideling, catlike walk, the covert

gesture and the obsequious bear-ing

of a man or woman, even

the _{plastic clothes publish charac-teristics}

of their wearers. You

have

eyes with which to see _and

study, you have intuitions _with

which to feel, to "sense" condi-tions,

and the emanations of those

you meet. It is not _{only your}

fascinating

STUDYING YOUR FELLOW-MEN 63

to be

able to do this, but it is your

duty. It has _a

commercial value/

The _man

who can _{read aright} his

fellow-men, be he hotel

clerk or

bank

president, is worth a deal

more _money in _{every position} he

fills _{than the man}

who cannot.

Remember

your power to feel"

the _{quality of} the natures _of those

with whom you come in _contact

is

always proportionate to your

freedom from

evil thought. The

thought-wave from those _you meet

will cause distinct _{vibrations within}

you, either harmonious or dis-cordant,

according to the nature

of the persons you meet. If _your

own _thought is _purposeful,

spirit-ual

64 _{SUCCESS IS FOR YOU}

forth like Ariel's

spear and instantly

detects _the false from _{the true}

through _all disguises, through _all

atmospheres. Let no _{self-right-eous}

idea

of your own _superior

virtue, however, lead you to con-_demn

those _you do not _understand

Conceit

will deaden your sensibil-ities

more _quickly than _chloroform

does

your senses. Look to it that

your touch is not discordant _and

that _you have _{given your neighbor}

the benefit _of a _good light Be

as _generous to him as _{you would}

be to a _picture. He is a _{series of}

pictures, vitally interesting. There

is _no

arrogance so foolish _and

despicable _{as the}

arrogance of

STUDYING YOUR FELLOW-MEN 65

for _the

spirit. Many religious

people who assume that they are

following _the

precepts of God, and

condemn their fellow-men, are

merely expressing their own nar-row

opinions of God, their own

caricature of Him. Such piety

does _{not save them} from disease,

accident, misfortune and death.

They frequently fall

where the

so-called bad and lawless safely

run. But be it _understood that

no one is brought into the atmos-_phere

of a truly _{spiritual person}

without reaping lasting benefit.

Many

pious persons are _not at _all

spiritual, that is one reason they

make religion repellent instead of

CHAPTER IX.

TO ATTRACT SUCCESS.

WHEN

and your fellow-men

you should then study to know how

to _{use the power within you} so _you

will not waste _{volumes of} energy

through ignorance. So you will

not dissipate your vitality through

anger, through worry, through at-_tending

to

other persons' affairs,

unless it is your business to do it

Many _{a woman}

makes herself look

like _a

withered orange by wasting

her

energy and vital strength in

futile

efforts to accomplish vain re-_forms.

The first impulse

of an

TO ATTRACT SUCCESS 67

telligent _{engineer would} be to

put

the _governor on to an _engine in

which the steam was _evaporating

near the danger _{point and} to no

:"

purpose. How many human en-_gines

dissipate _their

will-force, their

energy, through unchecked anger,

continual fretting, and misguided

philanthropies until they become

unattractive, broken-down ma-_chines?

Above

all things mind

your own business, but be keenly

alive. When you are _{negative and}

.-indifferent you

are _really half-dead.

There _are

unused muscles in your

body

withering away for want _of

exercisp,

your brain contracting for want _of

68 SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

" Get

physical poise and keep it

by

proper exercise, as suggested in

The Way to

Keep

become

nobly self-centred and har-monious,

so _{nothing will} disturb

you. When you are in a discord-ant

mental state _you are depleting

your energy. You are sinfully

wasting it. It is worse than if you

threw _gold into the street Get

your mental poise as _you do _your

physical. When the body is tense

and strained let go of it for a time.

Let it become limp. When _the

mind is disturbed and unhappy,

Entertain _{no thought.} Mark the

meaning of the word entertain.

Thoughts discordant

and harass-ing

TO ATTRACT SUCCESS 69

will breed new ones, as they flock

into

your brain, that _will be more

disturbing _{than the} first-comers.

Entertain _none. Make

your

mind-as blank as _{possible until you} are

calm and poised, and then invite

cheerful and hopeful thoughts and

entertain them with royal hospital-ity.

If

you grant the truth of the

discovery _that

each of us _radiates

psychical emanations, as _palpable

as the _{glow of} heat from a _regis-ter,

then _{you will understand} the

full

significance of the command,

" _Guard

well thy thoughts," for

every person gives out a _psychical

emanation which is the direct re-sult

of his mental, and conse-_quently