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BY

DOROTHY QUIGLEYAuthor of ** Everybody's Fairy-Godmother "

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NEW YORK. P. BUTTON " COMPANY

31 West TwENTY-TmBD Street1897 ^'-'

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Dedicated to

YOU

Most Cordial Wishes

FOR Your Sucx:ess


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though gamesters say that the cards beat

yers, though they were never so skilful,contest we are now considering the players

game and share the power of the cards."

ught is all light and publishes itself inIt will flow from your actions, yo

and your face. It will bring you friendhip

enemies."

, here in this miserable, hampered, despic-ble

tual wherein thou even now standest. Here

re is thy ideal. Work it out therefrom,

king believe, live, be free. Fool ! the idethyself; the impediment, too, is in th3rself

dition is but the stuff thou art to shape tideal out of. What matter whether such stthis sort or that so the form thou give itbe poetic ? Oh, thou that pinest in the

of the actual and criest bitterly tofor a kingdom wherein to rule, know t

the thing thou seekest is already with the

nowhere, conldst thou only see."


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SUCCESS IS FOR YOU

CHAPTER I.

WHAT EXPERIMENTS REVEAL.

are either a magnet tha

attracts all things bright, d

helpful, healthy, and jou; or, one that draws all thingseable, gloomy, undesirable,

hy, anddestructive.

either respond to and

with the immense tide

ss and success in the world

you allow yourself to be egin the great currents of woe

misery; or, purposeless an


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of the power within your-elf,you drift aimlessly, sometimes

g high on the crest of a sweep-ngwave of prosperity, and some-times

sinking so low as to be drawn

and almost lost in an under-ow

of despair.

In brief, you are either a success

a failure ; or you are neither one

the other, which is almostas being a failure. If you ara success, it is imperatively

t that you should discover

you are not^ for Success is fo

Perhaps you have never thought

the way the law of attraction,law of vibration, and the law

throu h


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upon you. It is true you can-notsee the workings of these i

laws, but you can perceiveresults of their action. Have

ever dissolved silver and putnto clear water in which it can-ot

be seen, and then made a

tor to gather up the invisible

cles of the metal ? A sympa-heticbit of silver on the negative

of a battery attracts every

of silver in the water, be

small as a mote in a sunbeam.is a force within you which

rly directed, will draw condi-ionsand opportunities of success

are as invisible as the liquid

r lost in water. The pieceun-


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itself all the particles of its kin

the water is a symbol of everyht and action of your li

every thought and action ar

tic centres, radiating influnce

that attracts or repels anmines certain outward con-dit

Your thoughts are forces

radiate from you as light does

a star.

Hold in your hand a box or

of paper and ask some one

produce different tones until youthe paper vibrate in your hand.

e several violin strings in

of uniform tension over

ing board and tuned in uno

with one another, and go


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a pipe or a string having

same pitch as that of the three

gs. If another person listens

ly, he will observe that th

n strings oscillate sympathetic-llyfrom the effects of the pipe

ed in the opposite end of thThis simple experiment

the vibratory effects of the excrare and elastic ether that

all space. It is a mysteriousger and conveys information

viewless waves. The reciprocal

reflexive action of thought-in this all-pervading electro-agnetic

ether, is as powerful, nat-ra

and understandable as are ths that produce the vibrations

light, heat,


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As the invisible currents ofied the tone that made t

vibrate in your hand ; or,

unseeable wind rising and fan

upon a stringed instrument

uces Eolian melodies, so yoursible thoughts play upon ts and minds of your fellow-

s. You awaken responsesrding to the kind and qualitythe thought you project and

rdance with the fineness

ess of the hearts and mindsthose your thought-forces touch.

chief responsibility, however,

with you, for by the law of atand re-action which is as simple

the spiritual world as it is in th


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yourself. The reactionarycter of emotion in the spiritual

of motion in the physical worldthe same. The ever-widening

made by a pebble tossed

the smooth surface of a lake

you a fine hint of the way th

ht you send forth acts uponinvisible ocean of ether that sur-rou

and interpenetrates every-ody

and everything. The waves

d by the pebble are no les

than the vibratory effect caused

every word that conveys an idea

r thoughtfully or thoughtlessly

n.f you doubt that thought is

, follow the work now beingin laborator


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at Cambridge. They have

there for investigating auring every mental process.

time required for mental action

re-action, for discrimination,

association of ideas, fatigue,

all that, is mathematicallyMen sleep on balances

apparata that mark the slightstchange of pulse, respiration,

culation, and heat. They te

selves with mild doses of narcotonics, and other nervines.

y multiply or reduce air-press-resover the entire dermal surface.

select a square-inch of skiwith every known test educate

for months ; they fatigue definite


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time and force of imagina-ion,

of memory and will, and they

re hypnotic states. Prof. EScripture has recently made

in discoveries through theseesting experiments that wil

of practical value to working-

ore thrilling, vitally and almosttically interesting, however,

the work at Cambridge are

experiments of Dr. Elmer Gates

the Laboratory of Psychology

Mind- Art at Chevy Chase, Md.r. Gates holds that mind activ-ties

can create brain structures.

proves his theory first by expon dogs.


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at the same time were sujto different training, wit

interesting results. A num-berwere put in a dark room fro

moment of their birth, and were

permitted to see a ray of lighher group were allowed to l

dogs usually do. A third set were

n most extraordinary training

using their seeing faculties.

age of nine months all the pupiewere chloroformed. The fi

p that had never used the seifunction showed an undevel-ped

cortex in the seeing areabrain. The second group th

led regular dog lives had

ber of cells developed. Thdogs, had a large


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number of brain cells than any ofthe dogs, but the cells themSfeTveswere more highly developed andmore complex in their internalstructure and chemical composition.Indeed, they had a greater numberof brain cells than any dogs of thebreed ever possessed.

Professor Gates says : "My ex-perimendemonstrate that every

definite mental experience producesa definite anatomical or molecularstructure in some particular anddefinite part of the brain. When wesee any color or hear any sound longenough to remember it, the processcreates structural changes in thebrain, and the refunctioning ofthose structures constitute memory.

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The association of memories witheach other is accomplished bymeans of interconnecting fibres andby means of wave-motions in thebrain mass, " molar, electrical, andetheric." Prof. Gates holds the

memory of the emotion of hate isembodied in different structuresthan a memory of the fear of asnake, or the memory of one's lovefor a mother. Every time an evilmemory refunctions it becomesstronger ; every time such memoriesare associated with other memoriesof the same sort a criminal domi-nancy is being built in the brain.

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.

THE UPBUILDING PROCESS.

S this not hint to you thyou can train yourself men-tall

in such a way that you n

change the cells in your brain

the conditions of your life ?

upbuilding process of mentalg may seem intricate, yet

eedingly simple. The follow-ng

on the way to give up smokingan insight into the philoso-hy

of Professor Gates. He says

may not wish to give up t

for instance, of smoking. M

therefore, wills me to smoke,I smoke. But if I commence


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build in my brain, a new seriessense-memories, images, con-cept

ideas, emotions, impulses,and dislikes, conduct-memo-ies

and so on which are not favor-ble

to smoking and keep these

active daily until th

structures become dominant,I will no longer wish to smoke,I will quit I speak from exp

Thus the commonplaceg, "Change your mind"

to be really possible in morethan one.

To develop new sense-memoriesstrengthen them, it is plainly

you must repeat certainarations for improvement, ju

over over


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cation table until you knew

sciously. Can you remem-berwhen you learned two timesare four ? Does it not seem

you always knew it ? Do yousay it without seeming to think

?

he results of this method

l training suggest how thidiotic declarations so i

iterated and re-iterated b

tian Scientists may be effect-vein creating healthy states

and conditions of body. B

ting over and over what they

ive to be the truth, certain

es may take place in the brain

res and definite moral memO'be


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ditions they have been declang

often become evidentAccidents frequently prove t

you change in a human brain aup of brain cells you will affe

that person's mind one definite

ss of memories. If by brailding you put into the brain

group of functioning cells, ya new class of memories a

e that person really more mind.The idea of developing helpful

e-memories is put to test wiering results in the kindergar-ens.

Courage plays, justice playsistic, charity, laughter, friendhip,

sympathy, and joy playsdesigned to call into repeated


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r intellectual state, that after aime may become habitual, or the

xpression ofit becomes a subcon-cious

process. The boy who hasearned certain gallantries in thetiquette play doffs his hat to aady without thinking he has beenaught to do so. His condtcct-memo-zes act thus, as quickly, as spon-aneously

as his mental-memorieso when he recalls " two times twore four."

The most wonderful result of thexperiments made by Professorates was the discovery that certaintates of mind produced chemicalrecipitates in the body. He says :

"In 1879 I published a report ofxperiments showing that, when


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breath of a patient was passedough a tube cooled with ice

to condense the volatile quaHtie^^the respiration, the iodide

dopsin, mingled with these condeproducts, produced no

precipitate. But, withine minutes after the patient

angry, there appearedwnish precipitate, which indat

the presence of a chemicalpound produced by the emo-tio

This compound, extractedadministered to men and a

caused stimulation andExtreme sorrow, suc

mourning for the loss of a chi

ently deceased, produced a gra


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te, etc. My experiments showirascible, malevolent, and der

emotions generate in thinjurious compounds, some

which are extremely poisonousthat agreeable, happy emo-tions

generate chemical compoundsnutritious value, which stimulate

cells to manufacture energy."he last clause of the foregoing

why hopeful, cheerfule, full of loving-kindness keep

youthful appearance so muchr than disagreeable folk do

y is life.xperiments have demonstrated

every emotion of a false andreeable nature produces

in blood


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se poisons affect the healt

the germ-cells.Another interesting discovery

e by psychologists is t

ryone throws out a psychicalphysical magnetism. Every-

y exhales an emanation justflower or a weed does. The

is vital with our emana-tions.The stimulating influences

a metropolis are accountedthe thought emanations in

. Analysis has shown that :" Different people give out diffnt

emanations ; and that

people give out different

nations at different timest decisive people give out


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ng to the individuality

force of the emanation ; thato the utensils which we em-plto our clothes, to our rooms,

give out our emanations, anevery thought we think

place influences more or le

atmosphere of that place, and,extent influences every

who comes into it, accordinghe degree of sensitiveness

person."


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.

AN INSPIRITING SYMBOL.

AT has all this to do wsuccess ? Everything.

The foregoing all too brief

quate presentation of

iments and discoveries

art and psychology " doessuggest what masterly powe

within you ? Does it not sthat success is for you, ifknow how to handle yourself

t ?

Grant that your thought

; that this force influences

or less, according to thedirect it, everybody and ever


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with whom and with whichcome in contact.

Recall the experiments upon t

es ; the development of sense,

ct and moral- memorieschildren in the kindergartens,

show that you have tto change the conditions

mind, if not the cells of your. Recall these I pray yo

grant that you can changethought-force for better

worse as your Will insists.Recall how certain people have

ted you ; how some had

phere as pleasant as a sunnye and how others seemed

to move in damp clouds ehDid


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distinct sensations, feelings,

emotions, pleasurable with t

and discomforting and depress-ng

with the other ? Recall these

grant, if you please, that psyhias well as physical emana-tions

are real and that they aras unsubstantial as ''boiled

bs," as some melancholy ma-te

would have you believe.os of cobwebs " the spider

a glorious example for you.the web he spins an inspiriting

l of the power within youcreates the conditions tha

und you ? With equal ease

swings a gossamer hammock

rner of a castle or a barn ;his filmy to tree-


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or spreads his fragile net on

of delicate grass that serve

pillars for his home near th

. No matter where h

it is the same sort of illio

" a tangible veil of mist.this not hint to you th

ng of the following signifi-ant

words ? " The covetousness,the malignity which saddens me

I ascribe it to society, is my/ am always environed

lf y And those elusive grayds that the spider projects,

they not visible emanations?decorates or disfigures accord-ngto where he builds. Art ha

been able to reproducelace beauty


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the web of a spider woven

ss-tips and studded with sun

hted dewdrops. No crystal hbeen glorified with more

utiful, prismatic coloring that which idealizes a spider'se hung on a tree or between

posts. The light breaking

perfect angles formed by

metric lines of delicate gossaer,

makes the fragile thing seem

n of the intangible radiationsa rainbow.But what a bit of dirty fluff

der's web is in a clean whitlway or pretty living-room

y of us like the spider choose

wrong corner in which to weavelife. A is


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t like many another celebrityis not judged by the highestbest expression of himself, andvices have been made more

ent than his virtues, excepthis great unfailing industry,

courage to stick to what he has

begun despite repeated at

and defeats. A poet long

sang in verse the praises

superb quality of the indefatig-ble

weaver. But not to digress

f you grant that your thoughtforce and that you can directforce, and that you create a

here round about you that

attracts or repels, what is ththing you must do if you wish

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CHAPTER IV.

TO MAKE YOURSELF A VALUE.

YOU will first, as suggestedWhat Dress Makes of

endeavor to find out if yourpearance is for or against yoinner self. You will observewhether your clothes are caricatur-ng

the lines of your body andfeatures of your face ; or advertis-ng

to the world that you are

vain, erratic creature, or a slovenlydisheartened one. You will no

whether your body is truthfully

revealing your real self, your spirWhen you remember that everthought is a chisel literally carving

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expression upon the face and

you will strive to give yourts as attractive an out-ar

showing as you possibly can,

you not ? Men judge of's character by his form and

and by the general movementsis body. The new psychologyes us we can make ourselves

by using and developing thkind of thought-force.

ny with Professor Gates

er psychologist affirmsery thought which enters tK

is registered in the brain

ange more or less permanentthoughts build up structures

cells which engender evil ideas,


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der the case of the man whounhappy and depressed, wholost ambition and walks th

s with slouching gait The

o-physicist can take such

n and within six weeks trans-formhim to such an extent thafriend of his will notice th

rence." By this process

upbuilding what might nodone among the criminal classesRegarding this process of mak-ng

one's self over, Henry Wood,

eminent psychologist, saysvery one has long been aware

fear, grief, sin, anxiety, pessi-ism,

and all their train pull down

y tissue, but we have unwit-inglyfailed to


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itive opposites would surelyld it up. But this is logical andsonable. Harmony, joy, opti-ism,

idealism, love, and couragel surely invigorate. Under the

well-understood law of auto-uggesand thought-concentra-ion,

each mental condition can b

itively cultivated and madeinant in the consciousness."You have practised auto-sugges-ion

unawares all your life. When

said, for instance, upon goingbed, '*I must get up at si

lock to-morrow morning," andcharged your mind with the

ught that you must wake ut you did, you practised auto-sugge

in a familiar way.


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say to yourself upon (ailin

eep, " I will rise with energy,y hope, courage and smiles

morning," and persistng it, you will nerve yourselfy out the words you declare,

you will find yourself stimu-atedwith new power. You w

blish sense-memartes that wL you to be energetic, radiant,

rful, and full of bouyant ener-gy,and you will attract successful

itions. Did you ever know

ious, sunny soul who was n

ht for and gladly welcomedywhere ? A heart that radiatesage and belief in its own powers

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. ** To know "people" is a phase of wealth.

he time-worn phrase "toin friends " is not a sentimental

ssion, it is of real marketto one who can say it truth-ully.To the man or woman

ch in friends " doors are opened

opportunities presented that

are not within reach of those

y rich in money, and areheard of by the woe-begone

live in the depths.he term " people of valuefies not only those of prestige

worldly position but men and

of such character and trust-orthi

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and respect. If your thought

all pure, bright, confident an

geous, your personality wi

agreeable, uplifting, and you wia value, an increasing value,

ver you go, and people, glayou are alive, will want you,

seek you.Believe me, if you are receptiveimpressions and have no fals

ards of pride that create

d you a repellent atmosphereare cheerfully alert and brave

seize opportunities it will seemif paths of pleasantness an

appear as if by magic f

willing feet to tread. If yoinclined to think this assertion

but blithe


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optimist, honestly study t

ment, ways, and disposition

hose who succeed in life, anthe truth of it for yourself.


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.

BOY WHO WENT TO BOMBAY.

USTRATIVE of this fa

note the underlying forces th

success for the boy who is

of the following tale.like a romance, yet it is true

young man, an orphan, workeda New York detective bureau.

his occupation you judgthat he had knowlecfge

and, better than that, he h

nowledge. Self-knowledge

self-poise, an admirable tr

ossessed in a commendableHe was a physically a

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ctively cheerful. That hi

nality was lovable one mightfrom the devotion of a pretty

e East-side girl for whom hi

lrous and tender regard wereto see.

e had little money, sometimesAmong the few things hi

r left him was a recipe f

itng boilers. He occasionallyd a hundred dollars by mak-ng

some of the preparation to th

of a firm in Bombay for whomfather from time to time had

the same. Perhaps it was

recipe that gave him the imr

that it would be a goodto go to India.

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journey. Anything is possible,ever, to a man who knows

and moves straight for it, andforalone. He was determined to gLondon, and he did. He workedpassage by assisting in the e

department of a steam-hip.His $7.50 was intact when

arrived in London. He soon

t it for the necessities of lOne day he sat penniless b

eful in a park in the great,nge city. Instead of present-ng

the gloomy, unattractiveof a dejected being wit

ping shoulders, grimly shutiling mouth, lowering eyes

helpless hands shoved discon-olatelin


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the impression of being

to-do manly young fellow

ng from a pleasant walk. Hekempt with care, as usual. His

es were a bit worn but scrupu-ouslyneat He whistled softly

air as his lithe, energetic

whittled a stick. As

led and whittled he wonderedhe would do next. He

cted the attention of an oleman who sat beside him.

old man addressed a common-placeremark to him which the boy

red looking the older man

ght in the eye, as was his wont,a direct, searching, but not

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ded to the old gentleman'servations in a spirit of easy

asant comradeship. Finally

r man confided to the youngerhe wished much to sell

ary which, although small, contaa number of valuable books.

asked the boy if he thought

d sell it for him. With chactalacrity of spirit the New

chap, not at all phased, sawould try to do it. The

gave him some directions.

boy succeeded in selling ts. He received a commissionfive pounds for doing it.He lost no time in finding o

were his possibilities for geito India. He


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ity to go as an assistant o

cook on a steamer bound fo

. Among other things hihands could do was to play

with pleasing skill. /Heed care and homesicki(ess

leisure hours by picking oiJa merry tune. His music

for him the friendly interestfirst-cabin passenger, at whose

t the boy went on the upperto play. The captain, enraged

his audacity, ordered him belowbrutal despatch. The boy

" rich in friends," the passen-erspleaded that he should remain

play not only that night but

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When the boy hired to assist the had signed papers to

with the steamer. He d

wish to do it but, like t

ful philospher that he was,did not spoil the comfortable

nt by worrying about te.

erily, *' Fortune favors t." The captain, displeased

the boy's apparent lack

ciation of class-distinctions,resenting the attentions b

upon him by grateful pasewho had enjoyed his music,

arged him at Bombay.

this unexpected dismissal

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for the preparation for clean-ngboilers. They wished to buy

recipe. He had the commer-cialknowledge and wit to know

not to take their price.

used the recipe for his ownHe prospered.

ne day he came back to New

very comfortably off, and

manly than ever in his bright,

ming, self-poised way. He

ed his East-side sweetheartmade a tour of the United

s before going to his homey.

ere not cheerfulness and cour-age,as well as willingness to work,

the fine qualities that atto boy ?


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You may rightly remark, " Theates were kind to him. He ha

hat most precious of natal gifts "happy temperament It was easy

or him to get along." To be sure

e man or woman who is bom

a brave, cheerful, and ener-getictemperament has the start

n lifeof the one

inwhom melnc

negation, and timiditybut thanks to th

forceswithin us all

n or woman can conquer tem-peraweaknesses.

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VI.

TWO WHO CONQUERED.

GIRL, with a tendency

grumble at everything, madea burden to her roommate

hionable boarding-school. Th

turned upon her o

and said, ** I would n't be yall the money in the world,

if you are the first in all you

s. You always see the worst

of things. Nothing pleasesDo you know I 've bee

g an account of the thingsVe grumbled at this morning

is only eleven o'clock and y

scolded about twenty things.


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you don't stop finding fault IMrs. Parsons to let Sally Ridge

with me. She 's untidy, bu

always has a good word f

body and is not carping

thing." The girl who was

gned had a sensitive, critical,imaginative temperament. Sh

high-strung and idealistic an

ely anything satisfied her loft

ards. She was woundedthings one of less keen sensiilitwould not notice. Her sen-sit

not being controlled,oped into mere touchiness,

phase of vanity. Sh

never been taught to weighto get just values. Her school-ate's

denunciation delivered


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uncompromising manner of

d girl, hurt her pride. Sh

not been conscious of h-findings, and honestly believedlf incapable of making herself

disagreeable, and would haveved herself sincere when sted *' I judge people by theilences not by their defects."

the list of her criticisms of h

lmates, teachers, and tt, her grumblings at h

es, bed, in fact everything,

y read off by her observingnion convinced her that s

indisputably guilty. She

to check her inclinationfault. It was difficult at firs

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y and everything by her own

ndards was strong within h

kept account of her criticismsboth people and things, and

number of times she controlledimpulse to denounce. S

ed to see her schoolmatesy really were, not as she thoughty ought to be. She persistedil she conquered the desire

d fault at all. She in the mean-timehad developed a power

n discrimination and a justnejudgment that were remarkable

that came to be relied upoolder people. Her word

er life became one of authority.condemnation or praise

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as final. It was said of her,know if Mary says it, it

for she never judges hastily,sees you from every pointshe can."

t another equally simple illusrati

of the mastering of a tem-pera

weakness, that provesanyone can govern her tem-era

A talented young wom-nso craved novelty and variety

she lacked in a conspicuousthe power of application.

was always beginning some-thingand never was known

tely finish any work shtried to do. She was brilliant

a birdlike way " the way ofng, fluttering humming-bird,


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flies rapidly from one flower

another, but does not stay lon

any. She had many goodghts, yet they were scattered.

could talk on a great variety

subjects in a short time, bed sadly in consecutivenessing, thought, and action.

trunk full of expensive matfor fancy work was a revelaion

of the condition of her mind.the trunk were fine linen pillo

s, one richly braided, the othe

cely begun, both mussed aworn ; there were all sorts a

erns of embroidery, the late

the hour, tossed on old-fashioned

imens. None were completed.flower


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ht in silk and perfectlyed in colors showed the skithe worker. There were endlessnings of lace work for collars,, and trimmings, all soiled an

4

n aside, some in knottede bundles ; there were half-fin-shed

slippers, sacks, and smoking-that the restless, active fingers

eagerly worked at in the fresh,

lating enthusiasm of a fi

k. In her mental methodsthe same want of steadiness

persistency. She jumped rapfrom premise to conclusion,

failed to connect and carry ouideas, really fine and worthy

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erver of human nature said, " Do you know that your l

thoroughness is your greatestlt ? It will be at the bottom

your failures in life. If youconquer it, you will never

success in anything." The

proud. She wished to be

ed success in one special callinan all-around success in whatver

she did. She blushed a

vered at the philosopher'sHis words stung her l

lash. His words had weightever. Poor child, she started

to conquer this lack of contuitnot knowing what a weariomebattle it would be. S

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down to say the Lord's

r, she was amused, first, andhorrified to note upon howthings her mind wandered

she was repeating the familiar

. She made effort after effortconcentrate her thoughts upon

meaning of the words ; at las

gained the restful upliftmentany prayer or poem, said with

te attention to the meaningthe lines, gives the one who

it. The world is shut out

all its harassing turmoil andby this power of concen-tration.

She dwelt upon and poredwork that became so disagree-ble

to her that she would sheddoing it. She


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ons and learned her notest. Not having a perfect

took intense application.

ied French verbs. She madelf finish whatever she began

ay she is a great artist.s her success from the ho

philosopher toldher

ofest fault She is not only

of details in her professiona thorough housekeeper.not conquer by magic but

months of persistent effo

effort, however, soon ceasebecome irksome for she resolved

conquer with smiles instead

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IN CHEERFULNESS AN

CONCENTRATION.

ERYTHING proves tothat cheerfulness upbuilds,

s, attracts. Be cheerful.ing, whining, complain-ng

are just so much capital takenyour bank account of mental

and put to a very poor us

, to no use at all. If y

your money out of you

every day and tossed it i

sea people would deem y. You would soon become

and neglected. You waste

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foolishly, and lose your power

attracting by fretting over" a letter expected, a bit

t on the floor, imaginary insult

a hundred other silly, falas. Your vital energy, you

y life is thus uselessly dissate

and soon you repel, a

ple study how to avoid yyou lose opportunities of sue

If you are inclined to be miserbleand have a tendency to men

and despondency practise

o-suggestion vigorously and

and change your sense-

ories. Determine to be cheer. Project a vision, a picture

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s, hopeful, and make yourselfit Concentrate your thought

cheerfulness. Concentrationone of the chie(forces of success

anything. You even combhair better if you concentratethought upon doing it. Your

morning is more magnetic,helpful to both yourself anhearer, if you concentratethought upon the person

utter it. You project a shafconcentrated spiritual light tha

and brightens.A man's thoughts may all

and correct and commend-ble,yet if his mind flits quicklyone thing to another the

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r of attracting, of magnetiz-ng.They will accomplish com-para

nothing in buildingness or character. A thought

be effective must be clearlyned and steadily held It may

made to fly like the shot ofled gunner whose aim is sure

swift ; or it may be projectedthe diffusive brightness of

rocket which challenges admir-tionfor an instant and then dip

into nothingness.I trust you see how imperatively

sary it is that your thoughts

ld be classified, shouldshould be definite, and tha

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often went for advice,ed none to his son who was

g East to start upon a musi-alcareer. The young man hal

his father was not interested

his success. When the judghis boy good-bye he said

tick to it, my son. Remember

three little words," he con-tinemphasizing them afresh

telling each one off on hrs, ''Stick to it ! I say." Hi

never forgot the admonition.nerved him to keep on although

came thick an

and the struggle in New

where competition was

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ational reputation in musical

s.

clearly defined, concen-tratedthought-force has a quality

electricity. It is powerfuland properly directed

away what is useless an

ive.


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GAIN FROM STUDYING YOUR

FELLOW-MEN.

N you thoroughly under-tandyourself you wi

better understand your fellow-But study your fellow-

so you will not be deceived.

u are deceived it is your own

and you have no right to rathose who have deceived

as if they alone were the chie

. You should learn to know"

tradingeye that weighs your

; the worldly eye that weighsposition ; the beastly eye tha

your form, and the heart'sthat weighs your souL


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Educate your ear to discern adifferentiate the distinctive

in the voices of all yo. The over-tones in t

es of the false signalize to yobe careful and cautious in youings with them.Treachery is revealed in t

catlike walk, the covert

ure and the obsequious bearng

of a man or woman, even

plastic clothes publish charac-eristiof their wearers. You

eyes with which to see a

y, you have intuitions with to feel, to "sense" condi-ions,

and the emanations of those

meet. It is not only youcinating


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be able to do this, but it is yourIt has a commercial value/

man who can read aright hw-men, be he hotel clerk

president, is worth a dea

money in every positionthan the man who cannot.

Remember your power to fee

quality of the natures of those

whom you come in contact

always proportionate to yourom from evil thought. The

ht-wave from those you meetcause distinct vibrations within

either harmonious or dio

according to the naturethe persons you meet. If your

thought is purposeful, spirit-alin it


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th like Ariel's spear and instantlyects the false from the tru

ugh all disguises, through

ospheres. Let no self-right-ousidea of your own superior

ue, however, lead you to condethose you do not understand

ceit will deaden your sensibil-tiesmore quickly than chloroform

s your senses. Look to it thtouch is not discordant a

t you have given your neighborbenefit of a good light

generous to him as you wouldto a picture. He is a series

ures, vitally interesting. There

no arrogance so foolish apicable as the arrogance

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the spirit. Many religious

e who assume that they arwing the precepts of God, an

mn their fellow-men, ar

y expressing their own nar-ow

opinions of God, their own

ature of Him. Such pietynot save them from disease,

ent, misfortune and death.frequently fall where t

lled bad and lawless safelyBut be it understood tha

one is brought into the atmos-phere

of a truly spiritual person

ut reaping lasting benefit.

pious persons are not at

that is one reason the

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TO ATTRACT SUCCESS.

N you understand yourelfand your fellow-men

should then studyto know ho

se the power within you so y

not waste volumes of energy

h ignorance. So you wdissipate your vitality through

through worry, through

to other persons' affairsit is your business to do

a woman makes herself loo

a withered orange by wasting

energy and vital strength

efforts to accomplish vainThe first impulse of an

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igent engineer would be to pgovernor on to an engine

h the steam was evaporatingthe danger point and to

ose. How many human edissipate their will-force, thei

gy, through unchecked anger,

inual fretting, and misguidedanthropies until they become

tractive, broken-down ma-chAbove all things mind

own business, but be keenly

e. When you are negative an

fferentyou are really half-dead.

e are unused muscles in yourwithering away for want

rcisp, there are unused cellsbrain contracting for want


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Get physical poise and keep

proper exercise, as suggestede Way to Keep Young. Tryome nobly self-centred and h

so nothing will disturb

. When you are in a discord-nt

mental state you are depleting

r energy. You are sinfull

ting it. It is worse than if yew gold into the street G

r mental poise as you do you

sical. When the body is tense

strained let go of it for a timeit become limp. When

d is disturbed and unhappy,ertain no thought. Mark

ning of the word entertain.ughts discordant and harass-ng

like They


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breed new ones, as they flock

your brain, that will be morebing than the first-comers.ain none. Make your mind-lank as possible until you are

and poised, and then invite

ul and hopeful thoughts andain them with royal hospital-ty.

If you grant the truth of theery that each of us radiates

cal emanations, as palpablethe glow of heat from a regis-er,

then you will understand the

significance of the command,rd well thy thoughts," fo

person gives out a psychicalion which is the direct re-su

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keenly as if it were a fog.

oral fog. Despondent peoplein a blur and could not see an

unity for success if theyover it. It is as Mrs.

pictures it in the follow-ng:

hinks we do as fretful children do,

their faces on the window-pane,sigh the glass dim with their own

breath's stain,

shut the sky and landscape from theirview;

thus, alas ! . . . .

miss the prospect which we are calledunto."

. . .

ook at yourself ! If the corners

your mouth sag. Smile ! Smile

! Smile and keep on smil-nghave


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ssion. Do not allow disareedissatisfied thoughts

w gutters of despair on either

of your mouth. Face t

with your heart forward anbackbone straight, and if there

a grumbling, groaning, discon-ented

tone or vibration in your

, get it out as soon as possi-le.You must know "The eybe sunny ere it can see tbefore you can attract yofirst make yourself attractive.

woman who has chiselled he

with melancholy and worryinghts, said pitifully : *' Surely

not so unattractive that

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and kept up one eveningat home through the season."

added, wistfully, "I amy. I only know two families

New York." Her professionher within touch of hun-red

yet she was so gloomy,

of her own trials, difficulties,

tribulations that she onlythose as gloomy and die

as herself. Yet she was

oman of brains, whom it wouldbeen a pleasure and distinc-ion

to present to people if shnot been such a mournful egois

She asked to be loved, bu

once asked herself if shlovely. She sought cheerful,

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rt to get in harmony with theiy views and amiable moods,

radiated gloom, and talked

woe-begone self, detailing h

ical pains and her mental d

es. The most warm-heartedthe cheerful people she met, who

ht to make life less difficulther, finally left her to herself,

aining, "She's impossible."had tried to cultivate courage,

, cheerfulness, and gracious-she would have soon been

t into a tide of healthier, hapie

and more successful condi-s. It is possible for every miser-ble,

slaving, unhappy being jher, or unattractive, pessimis-ic-looking

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s over. Yes, literally over,become magnets that willwhat is desirable.

ou say, '* It is all very well, whenare comfortable and life is easy,

you to sit up and spin out these

theories ; but look at me I a

and unhappy. I have f

ds, I have no pleasures, I wisre dead." As long as you s

things, think these things,

will be poor, unhappy, an

ed. Your external environ-ent

and conditions are in a greatbut the materialization an

ction of your inward states.tever we think aboutce within us and attract

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of any appearance t

surely and quickly do wit to us or express it withinJob testified to the truth

philosophy when he said, " ThatI most feared is come upon

In the words of the late Prenticeord :" Stop worrying over anticipatedrds. Keep your mind in t

nt You only intensify ann discord by worry, and

same time you take from t

nt those forces which shouldemployed in the present, an

would fortify you againstanticipated discords. Disabuse

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anything too good for you;the mark of your ambition-and always hold it in view

relinquish it for a momentmatter how crushing the

brought to bear againstbody will soon be where your

ation always is, provided youthere unwaveringly.

" If in mind you abase yourselfe another's talent or thei

er style of living, or are over-awedby their pretentiousness int

ort of envious humility, or int

sinful self-depreciation whichever saying, ' I can't stand

,' you place the greatesters to standing there. Look-

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can give as if they were yours, notthe houses, carriages, and fineclothes of others as yours, butothers like them when you earnthem, and earn them you can, if youhave sufficient faith in the spirituallaw or mental condition of mindwhich brings these things, and isthe only force which really everbrings them to any one."


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CHAPTER X.

TRUST THYSELF.

CCESS or failure in any liis dependent upon the fait

the thinker in his power to a

the work before him.

positive character that d

to attain the thing d

must approach more nearly

goal than the vacillating, hesiati

thinker who fears failure.ust thyself: every heart

to that iron string'' The la

echo makes this inspiriting li

Emerson practical and prov-ble.If you project thoughts

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ty to succeed, you awaken answer-ingvibrations of trust in you in

earts of even those who are not

piritual or mental rapport wou. It is proven that whenhange our chemical conditionentally we change perforce

ations. These changes can

ientifically regulatedby govern-

ng our thoughts aright, andy become effectual magnetsccess. This law is illustrated

very day in every line of business.A chambermaid who did her wor

kept herself neat, mindedn business and proved herself

liable in every way, impressed

e observing housekeeper inashionable hotel

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palaces " that she was capablefilling a higher position. She

promoted from one service t

er until she became assistantkeeper. In all phasesce she bore herself "like" She walked quietly and

a dignified, self-respecting.,ng. She was low-voiced, court-ous,

and amiable. She fitted

each position with easy adapt-bility.After she had finished

ging her rooms, before she

d a door she inspected eachas if she were a thorough

keeper. She really was one.

you not see that it did not

re a very vivid imagination t

re her filling satisfactorily and


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the position of assistantkeeper? In thinking of he

and doing it as a housekeeper

, she radiated thought-forces

eventually attracted the actualto her. She did not pu

lf into the position by frettingit, nor did she waste time

ng those above her, nor dlose thought-force in id

ing that some day she woulda housekeeper. She simply d

work as if she were as respon-iblefor the care and appearance

the rooms as the housekeeper

She really was an assistantekeeper all the time, and she und

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TRUST THYSELF

position that was offered her,

awakened a responsive echobelief in her powers of ac-co

in the minds of those

uthority.e thought-force of those wh6

strong, steadfast faith in their

ability todo, is so convincing--

although they may have little

knowledge, and real talent*^

so influence people to believe

them that they often secure

ons that more expert and

ed but self-distrusting andmen and women are unable

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THE MIEN OF A POOR MAN.

you not see that it is youown attitude toward

your work that affects ythan anything else in

? A laboring man, evidently

ered, wrote to the editorilliant daily, suggesting to h

if he went to look for workthe mien and clothes ofman, he could find out

f with what scant courtesyman was treated.

The mien of a poor man.''phrase the writer unwittingly

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tesy." What is the mien ofman ? If it is that of envious

lity ; of self-abasement ;

ging appeal, or of abject serviit richly deserves to

ed with scant courtesy. Why

ld any self-respecting working-or woman who gives skil

, and time in exchange f

assume the attitude ofr when he or she seeks em-pl

? If you must for a timethe shabby clothes of a beg-ar,

I beseech you not to have th

of a beggar, or your person-lity,your bearing, will suggestto whom you go for employ-ent,or to your acquaintances, tha

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beggar, and you will be treated

the condescending benevo-ence

or brutal indifference t

inking bring down upon them-elvesRemember character,

of purpose, and self-respectdistinction to any sort of sui

eve me, if you carry yourselfa self-respecting, self-reliantwho knows he has the ski

ability to give in perfect servia good return for money

ived, you will be grantedectful hearing that a beggar

can nor will be able to com-mand.If one person has no place

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It in a manly or womanly

Apropos of this let me t

another true story. A high-red

girl was thrown upon he

resources, and like many

er of her cultured but unt

class she did not know whatdo, but was bravely ready to t

reputable thing. A physician

eyes were weak offeredher short hand if she wouldto him. She accepted t

sition. When she knew h

y learned system of shorthand,told her he wished some noteslectures transcribed on a type-riti

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not, but said she could learn,

supposed. He said, ** Of coursecan and these notes will be

did discipline." They provedrrible discipline for they abound-din medical terms. With tear-determination the girl workedthem until the whole serieslectures was completed. Her

proved so satisfactory tha

physician said, " Now you musta little office down-town, such

lligence as yours is neededbusiness world." Quick to agirl soon heard of a desirable

in the rooms of a big fir

one of the main streets of tShe asked the president

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renting an available corner

of the offices which she wouldrent for in money or in servi

if extra work was needed.firm had its own type-writer.

available corner was at t

dent's disposal. The gied him for his courteous

and left. Two days aftereceived a note telling her certachanges had been made and

necessary to have anotherwriter in the firm, and t

ion was at her refusal. Sh

ted it, explaining she habeen in an office and might

suit at all, but she was willingtry. The president, a keen

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can fill the place, I judgedthe way you presented your

case the other day that youbusiness instincts, if no

edge, and from your appear-nce

and manner I readily infe

you have the intelligence

the work and that you also can

stand the requirements ofess office. The affairs of t

e are never to be discussed

of it, and it is a rule, as there

several of your sex here,

see, that there shall bedships in the office/' The

accepted the position, and fill

satisfactorily until she resignedaccept a position of more

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ated into another place

greater responsibility. Her

yer remarked, "That girintelligence and ability f

merely mechanical type-writ-ng."A place of honor and trust

rivate secretary at a large salarygiven to her.

his girl had never cringedlife. It is very true tha

g been comparatively richeducated at a fashionable

ing-school among wealthy, she had never been madefeel class-distinctions. She had

perfect breeding that gives

and surety of one's sel

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had she the air of a rulerlarge kingdom. She simply h

atmosphere and carriage ofl-bred, modest young gentleoman,

whose self-command w

result of training and of milwith men and women of

ite world. She had the uncon-

s self-trust of a courteous chilradiated character qualities

ery self-reliance, loyalty, athfulness in service and womanlyf-respect that won recognition

appreciation in every placeled. Perhaps this is another

where temperament aeding conspired toward success.

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to make one's self overdevelop just such qualities.

en a man seeks employmenthe not offer the fruits of hi

his time; the work of hi

and his skill for anothermoney ? Is it not a fai

s proposition ? Is it not an

e of values ? Money is not.

only value, it is only one

values in the world. If a manis beggarly mien and servility

he seeks employment thus-

y undervalues his labor, is

that the one to whom

oes treats him as if he were

askingfor

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? The attitude of mean subisof some poor men is

nsible for the despicabledisplayed by some ri

as the latter is for the former.

react upon and make one aoIf the employer's bearing

d the workingman is the righhe gives the laborer more tha

. If the workingman's bear-ng

toward his employer is tone, he gives him more than

labor. Each one gives to t

what cannot be paid foit is the most precious part

mutual relationship. Many

-up should go to thekinder-arten

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s how the farmer is indebted

the miller for converting h

into flour ; how the millerindebted to the baker ; how t

is indebted to the grocer-

and finally how the customerindebted ' to the grocerman's

. Each by his service helps

other and enables the otherat his post and do his special

They all serve the la

of the small loaf, whothe time and trouble

ing out his bread cake like

e. It is this ennobling interepen

that makes serviceiful privilege and a high pleas-re.

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ver it is, Lilian Whiting

s so pertinently anent th

subject that I delight in quot-ngher. She says :

'*To hold one's work " ^whetherbe that of selling goods behind

ounter, or building a house,

in the professions, the arts,

the industries, to hold it as thaforms one's medium of ep

one's part in the general

nity, by means of which

ys with his work, his good

, his generous sympathy, " t

support, indeed, of tha

etic love which radiates from

who has the love of God anlove of man in his heart, "

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true success in life. The l

idea that there is casteis an unworthy one. The

caste is in character."hen you assume the attitudea beggar you reflect upon God

demean your spirit, which it

high privilege to set forth

as possible. What wouldthink of an electrician who

gized in envious humility b

the illuminating threads

ght generated under his con-trowere allowed by him to glow

gh muddy ill-formed globes,were offensive to the sight

e lamps as clear as crystal-bubbles? Are you not


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work, whatever it may be,

le showing of the way youDivine Force within you?

not see that the right kind

trust is absolute faith in twithin you to aid you to

er you have to do ? You

e instrument. Like the master

rician you can direct the for

you to give light, pleasure,

t, and help to whatever a

ever comes within yo

here ; or, you can so mit or neglect to use it, t

ess, discomfort, despair comes

yourself and all who come witntouch of you.


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PROJECT YOUR WORK ARIGHT.

F you realize what real self-trustis, you cannot confound it withf-conceit. The self-consciousidity of many who

bewail their

sitiveness is but the most disea

expression of self-con-eitThey are ever thinking o

mselves. The selves they have

ojected, not of the spirit whichof them yet not of them, just as

yolk of an egg, different in form

color, is in and not of the whitestance that surrounds it, yeth are one. The right kind of-trust bids a man or woman

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ieve, relying on their spiritgetting absolutely their ow

sonality. They have no fa

de that is wounded because

ebody has failed to do defence

to their fancied importance.

express the work of their spithe main thing with them.

project your work aright,l speak for itself. It is you

however, to project it arightToo many of us are like

ud, snobbish old woman whame so poor she had to take

rries that grew in her gardeno the streets to sell. They werethsome and luscious, deep,

uties, shining with seductiveghtness. She did not see the


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. She only saw her poor,able self, reduced in circum-tances,

carrying them. Sh

t aback street and mournfullyred, " Cherries ! Cherries

heaven, I hope nobody hears! " Nobody did. She went

and wept, and bitterly com-plaiof the heartlessness in t

, just as ten thousand of hhave done, ^e doing and wi

until they learn to see how

y an4 despicable they makeselves, and how they demean

spirit within them. The ohad more cheap pride than

cter, more cowardly self-con-eitthan womanly courage. Are

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been brave enough to stand ihighway, forgetting her miser-bleself and thinking only of pre-ent

her fruit attractively as shely piped out, '* Cherries

! " can you not readilye her going home with

countenance, carrying anbasket that must be filled

the morrow ? If she had taken

attitude toward the world andwork, does it not seem quite

le that her fruit would havebecome known and that after

me people would have sought

garden ? Believe me, the world

mirror, it reflects back to youface you present to it, and youout the ust


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into it. If you make no effortlet it know what you have done

akes no effort to find out whathave done. Is not this th

working of law ? If you make

action, there will be no re-action.-you do not sing out, can you geecho ? You know, of course,

the law of echo that the angleray of sound makes with a wal

a hill upon approaching it, withe same made by the ray

when it leaves the wallBut mark this ; unless youin the proper place in t

of the angle of reflection,be observed that the sound can-otbe heard at all, or, if it is heard,

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nct arid not at all impressive.

you not catch the hint ? Does

not behoove us all to find twhere the conditions are t

for the clearest and most r

echo to our call ? There

other laws of course, as I have

to show, besides the law

with which we must beny to be completely in touch

the uplifting and helpful con-dit

of the world. Of all classes,artistic one, whose sensitive

rament is its joy andshould note the workings

law of echo, the law of action

re-action and the law of vibra-ion

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positive, cheerful self-trust

of this class suffer needlessand poverty through ignoble

. They are those " whocarelessness, timidity, or

of practical life, imagine

everything is done that can

the work is completed, anfor public admiration and fou

to break in on them by e

and burglary. They live,

say, on the outskirts of life,

and inertia. We useda small school composed

of this type, so strange, thafinds it hard to believe in thei

ence ; they styled themselvesdisciples of art for art's sake.

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or art's sake consisted in deifying

e another, in abstaining frelping Chance, who did not evenow their address, and in waitingor pedestals to come of their ow

cord and place themselves undeem." Henri Murger wroteoregoing more than fifty yeago. The class to which he

is as numerous to-day ass then.

If they write they think th

anuscripts are such precious,aven-born documents that peopleould seek them with eagerness

haste. They do not regarem as disposable commoditiesich they must find the ri

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know what the market wantsthey do not offer their wares

dignified self-respect. " Ped-le'em as if they were apples,"the terse and practical advice

rank M. Pixley, the late brilliant

r of the San Francisco Argo-aut,

to a trembling sentimental gir

offered him a manuscript with

air of a convict about to receiveeath sentence. " If one man

not want your apples another

may. Don't be afraid of me

anybody."If this sensitive class who think

are "gleaming in obscurity", they have the same timidity.

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conscious pride they suffer anpoor and despairing and unat-ract

in their studios. Their mor-bid,bewailing Selves form screens

shut their work from view.

would happen to a farmer whoin his granary looking at h

, bemoaning his fate and rainagainst God and man, because

dealers who did not know

existence failed to come afteryou do something worthy an

nt it in the proper way and tfinds it cheering, uplifting,

healthily diverting, you wilikely have to run from those

will seek you withdevouring

ciation than weep because youfor. But


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world rightly demands joy.not want to be reminded of the

and misery in it. It wishes t

them. Remember, " To cula sense of pleasure is t

ze." Project your workwhat^it may be " selling ribbons-a counter, making out unin--

ng law briefs, cooking, wait-ngon table, reading, or singing "

ully. Give joy and get joyneed not do it so much

as in your emanations. The

ustible sun is behind eachof sunlight, the immeasurable

of Divine Force is behind

Why should you not radiate

ny, self-trust and make what-verluminous ?


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XIII.

NOBLE SELF-ASSERTION.

HE proper kind of self-trusbegets self-assertion and

is one of the most potenents of success. That is

son so many of the so-called b

lfish, disagreeable people in

ed. They assert themselves.ey make themselves a steadyiving force before

which the nthe unwisely sensitive,

e ignobly humble go downey attain a certain kind of

a material sort. They wa

ney and they bend every energy,

ery thought to get it, and in manno


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es they get what they striveThey assert their own conceitcontinuous, concentrated in-om

way and they get on

really better, but lazier andtimid ones fail. They are^

to make the effort and they^

rewarded according to their~~The noblest self-assertion

the self-assertion of the brag-

who not only boasts of hisbut boasts of himself, ignor-

God or any Divine Force ex-cepthis own muscular energy and

power. He dominates by

physical and the lowest sort

tal force, because heprojectsT*h imperturbable courage. His

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higher and better. His lowest

ssion of self-assertion winsse insistent energy ange and the cheerfulness bornhis success are spiritual qualitiesanyone. They draw successfroward as well as to the sel

cting, dignified worker whomined to win without tram-pling

over his fellow-men to do

currents in the ocean bear t

of the pirates as swiftlydo the steamers of the mer-chan

Sunshine lightsel as radiantly as it does

uary. Fire makes even refuseiful. Under its beneficentence a dirty old bone, a worm-

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and become instruments oft and power. Sunlight, air,

and fire, which are for the

of all, giving life or death ac-coras they are used rightly or

y, are they not symbols ofDivine Forces within us ? In

instruments they are ignov

expressed, but they are not^

t power. Remember this

you are inclined to arraignfor partiality and to look viitYT

ous envy upon your fellow-Is it not yourself that youchallenge ?

he self-assertion of braggarts,-^is easily seen, is not the finest-

They win something, butlose many of the most enrich-


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experiences of life. They

themselves and their achieve-entsin such a way that the

me bores, and unless peopleto do business with them the

d them. The force that help

to succeed in material line

misused deprives them of t

al and spiritual enjoyments. They are not welcomed

tables of the cultured andand doors once opened

, through their lack of tac

tesy, and consideration the

shut upon them. But even

ectionable as this intrusive forself-assertion is, it is better tha

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ciation are the worst forms

. Self-abasement is the neg-

expression of the same pride

which offensive self-assertion

positive. If the positive expis cheerful, of course

But, as you no doubt have

ed, if the braggart has n

claim to recognition than h

and persistence he is finally

red for his just value andable to hold places which for

he usurped by sheer force.

why should any of us either

est the ignoble self-assertionthe braggart or the negative

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self-assertion ? It is not onlprivilege but our manly a

ly duty. What is the high

t kind of self-assertion? It

ritual self-assertion.Spiritual

f-assertion is not self-consciousceit. It is the unconscious

of a self-sufficing, selying, self-controlled manan, who has self-knowledged self-reverence. It is

ickening radiation of a serene,

y, self-poised soul. Self-poisedause conscious that if it assume

e right attitude toward its word the world it is backed by Omi

Itself. It is the asser-tionof the Soul. ** Who has more

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not raise a finger." Give

soul room. If you doubt thathave a soul to express in the

t form of self-assertion, youprove for yourself how potent~^

success is self-assertion in itform, so of the two forms o

pride chose self-approvald of self-depreciation, and

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.

THE WISEST SYMPATHY.

succeed you must not dissat

your precious force

sympathy. "Do not spsoul " in running hither a

grieving over the misfortunes

mistakes and the vices. The one person whomst necessary in this world

is yourself. "A sympa-hetic

person is placed in

a of a swimmer amongng men who will catch

and if he gives so much as

or a finger, they will drown hi

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mischiefs of their vices but notheir vices. A wise and hardy

will say, come out of thatthe first condition of advice,"truly sympathize with a friend

is quivering with troubleis not to respond to h

and intensify his miseryrous remarks of agreement

his mournful views of himselfhumanity. Give him mentalphysical invigoration by proje

clearly formed thoughts

ge and cheer. Miserable fol

in a negative condition, theyto have their creative mental

ies quickened. Make them

te with hope. Instead of takntheir key, woo them


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your major note of hope fresonant harmony. Stimulate

to believe in themselves.them how they dramatize

woes and what despicable

sfaction they sometimes take

the leading men and women

their particular scenes of woe,how eager they are to have

ciative audience to weep withShow them how their super-ensiti

vanity magnifies wrongstheir morbid imaginations ea

mistakes until their trou-lesbecome companions. Show

that it is as ill-bred

around complaining of having

blues and inflicting themselvesthe are


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ly meditating on their miseries,it is to appear before others

ed clothes, bad temper, andased condition. If they are

eited that they prefer to think

ys of themselves and whinet themselves, leave them alone.You say " Cruel philosophy, se

many good people suffer. Se

many good people fail." Are

sure they are good ? Analyze

before you denounce th

sophy as unsympathetic anPerhaps if you will tak

measure of so-called good men

women fairly, you will fin

self-righteous cowards whofor *' the good " because they

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have keyed their lives

ission and obedience by the

^ous teachings. They havso long, '* Such a worm as

they are content to crawl a

rm like worms, and makert to fly and change themselves

higher, freer, and more beauti-

forms. They take a selfisin self-sacrifice, ignoble

-sacrifice. They pretend tole yet talk of their glorious

in heaven and have n

nobleness of soul nor alacrityspirit to enjoy this divinely

tiful old earth. It is true thfalsely humble and popularly

posed good people do suffthat the


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sed bad escape. The ba

ss the force within them.

may do it ignobly, but theit. The self-abasing goodrecognize God, they give

ssion to the power withinIf you do not sail your

in the current why should yobe wrecked? If you do noon electricity, or, if you do no

it properly why should you noin the dark, and what is to save

from being destroyed by

negatively good bring muchtheir troubles upon themselves.

who make a professionhumble have

certainlines

faces peculiar to and discern-ble


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er tells by his attitude, his geuthe expression of his face th

serves. A quick eye can singlea waiter in a group by certain

stakable characteristics. Peole

who believe in their own inferiritybetray their secret thoughts

t as some waiters do their occu-patioand they look and move

waiters. If you are willinga doormat of yourself, do n

surprised if people wipe theion you and kick you aside.

so-called good people byish obliteration of their individ-ality

make doormats of themselves.

grow lean and feeble in mus-cleand weak in spirit. They have

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power of attraction. It seems

cant to affirm, ** It is nobleerve, if one serves nobly,"

experienced know that he com-manbest who knows how

best. It all depends upon

spirit with which you serve.s a sin

to be too humble. Ifyo

e you are inferior and o

you unite yourself with

tide of oppression. Youa depressor, a destroyer

and it is your privilegebe a stimulator, a creator

. Can you not see if yoa negative, self-abasing man

you deny the power of God

ou ?


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CHAPTER XV.

WHOM AND WHAT TO AVOID.

MEMBER, to succeedmust be wise in your asscinot only because one of

est riches in the world is toin the right kind of friends

because it has been provenwho knows : " " To be muchtime with a gloomy or despond-nt

person, or one fretful, or easi

ed, or cynical or sceptical,

any way thinking evil or injusthought, is for you unsafe.as confident, determined,

geous as you may, you

b some of their despondency,

ia6


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lution, or cowardice and b

ed by it. It will be a blur

your judgment. It will beextra load of cowardly or

te thought to tax your cour-ageand resolution. Of whateverquality that person's thought

it will infect you more or les

that quality. If you associatepeople who tire and bore you,

keep better, more helpful peo-away." Take no interest in thbing, disintegrating men and

that bustle around you likg bumble bees, and they wil

leave you to your work. Pre-ccu

attention in your own ais the best and most effective

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ould absorb your strength, vittyand time. Another pernicious

bsorber of strength is worry.uch has been said and writtenpon the health-destroying powerf worry, yet few seem to realizhat worry withers the bodil

issues and wastes vital force more

han work does, no matter hoard. Worry enfeebles the nerves

nd brings about a generally

retched sense of weakness aiscontent. It makes you negativend unattractive. For health's

ake, for beauty's sake, do norry. It is not safe. If youot sleep, do not make your bodily

nd mental condition worserrying and talking of your


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cannot sleep after you have

luded from your meals drinks

dishes that excite and stimu-ate,try at least to get some rest.

ax every muscle. Think only

the most delightful experienceshave ever had ; the most suc-ces

things you have ever donee over in imagination the mostous scenes in your life. Feast

mind at a spiritual banquet.n if you do not sleep " and thces are that you will " ^you wil

refreshed. Learn to swing

the tide.Even in

the simpleer of going down-town in

car for instance, get the mo-tio

of the car.Get the rhythm

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.

HE WISDOM OF THE OPTIMIST.

W can one be cheerful whelife is SO tragic? youlife is so serious, and th

so much sadness, how can

joyful ? If life is tragic to yps you have made it

ps you have made no eff

understand yourself, andas water you have be

d by every changing circum-tance,

every whim, and everybecoming a victim instead

aster of your emotions.unawares you have been

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have demanded too muchand have exhausted their it

love, and patience. Perhapshave allowed yourself to b

ed, although you have everywithin you to aid you

g your fellow-beings aright.s you have put false valuesthe accidents of wealth and so

position, and bewailed yourstation in life with woful hu

, forgetting it is the soul that

s the place and not ththat commands our reverence,

respect, or admiration. The

made a stable a sanctuary.es lived in a tub.rhaps you have forgotten that

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, and you have not taken tle to see some apparently uk

relative or associate from

point of view.any a high-minded, but exact-ing

wife, expects her husband

up to her theories instead

highest and best in himself, anmakes no effort to discover t

and best in him, to hel

nourish and show it forth

a husband forms a character-for his wife to fit into, withut

trying to tenderly learn the reof his companion. He e

from her what his preconceived

ofher, his

caricature ofhe

do and say. Affection canot


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many an exacting husband anhave thus created their own

erhaps you have been too seficing. As has been shown,le self-sacrifice is as bad

imes worse, than exacting

shness, because it develops

shness in others and makes one

ive and powerless to hold ant the most dignified, ennob-ing,

and enduring kind of love.

ou say "How can anyone

ful when death is omnipres-nt?"It requires our strong-st,

highest effort to face tation and loneliness that f

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l as death must be beneficial

we not trust, as we watch t

ngs of nature, that death

another condition of lifte the unspeakable sadness

wrecks our own hearts we,, should not grieve selfishly.

a mourner g^eves in a selng way. Passionate grieer does the dead any good

the living. It does the latteDeath is the Messiah th

ms us from brutal unkindnessall uncharitableness. Without

and little children whatnot the world lack in gentle-ess,loving kindness, and sweet-ess?

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increases the weight of woe

world. Your wailings do harm.

can lessen the great sum

y by making yourself such, serenely poised presence

wherever you move you wi

te brightness, you will diffuse

ess, strength, and light.ry to see how the laws of na

work and be an optimist.iberal, tolerant one. A wag

" A pessimist is one who ha

an optimist" That's a fi

not to make your optimismill-advised, too belligerent. You

hear the unreflecting saye optimist is a fool. The

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hears the ceaseless murmurthrough all the immemorial

rs." Sing back " The optimistthe wise man. The pessimist

fool." The pessimist is worse.is a moral and mental poisoner.paralyzes energy. He judg

y by defects, the lowest form

dgment, and has not the mentaletration to understandkings of nature's laws. T

simist looks at Niagara and sUseless sheet of water, thunder-ly noisy. Lots of men dashed

pieces in the whirlpool belower everlastingly flowing,"

adds self-pityingly, "it willbling over these precipices

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looks at the cataract eugly. He sees in it a trme

object-lesson of nature'sle laws. He understands

works in harmony with theseeable laws they will serve

and he proceeds to use Niagara

ght a city. He makes a cata-acthis toy. If the optimist is

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XVII.

HOW TO TRAIN FOR SUCCESS.

O recapitulate : If you aremiserable, despondent, slnunsuccessful individual,

of yourself this instant.First get yourself into the codi

for success. If possiblee a den of your own into which

can go and preserve the sacreuninterrupted seclusion t

ld be granted you, if you were

ing your prayers. If you caohave a

place, choosean hour

ght or early in the morning whemay be sure of being

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your mind to be hopeful.have no pleasant experiences

your life to recall, imagine th

ntest things you would likhave happen to you or you

like to do. Picture yourselfa commanding attitude, full

e and brightness. See youras radiant with cheerfulnesscan imagine it. Look in th

and catch your expression.these thoughts, quicken th

ns and sensations of hope

courage. Go over and over

with the steady persistencydent bent upon learning a diffult

Greek verb. Soon your brain

nerved with new thoughts,an inspiriting inflow


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positive thought-force, will worthemselves, and your Will

you to think in currentsful and courageous thoughts,

you will view life from a newerhigher plane, and see oppor-uniti

you never saw before.

cheerfulness and courage wwarmth to your manners. Yo

grow more winning unawares.

gracious manner, full of hospialit

and cheerful composure, sueself-poise, self-respect, a

-command, qualities that we

re. Emerson says, " T is

timable hint that I owe to a f

ons of fine manners, that thebehavior the very first sign

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or talent, or, much les

." Do not despise the forms

rules of polite society. Learnmaster them. "They a

dealing and conversation, as

y aids travelling, by gettingof all avoidable obstructionsroad, and leaving nothing

conquered but pure space."fter you have acquired mental

physical poise and have ener-gizedyour despondent heart with

e and cheerfulness, projecy and definitely in a mental

what you wish to accomplish.over it, just as you went overthoughts of hope, courage,

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do by their ethical playthe kindergarten, and persist

your Will wills you to work

ily, forcefully, and indomita-ly.Permeate, magnetize your den

office, your room with eman-ations

of success, of hope, of cour-age,and concentration. Create

izing atmosphere of success

whenever you enter yourm you will be uplifted anraged. Entertain no thoughtsfailure, no forebodings of defeat,distrust in your powers of

no matter how f

and forcefully they obtrudeelves. Make your atmos-phere

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comes to you will have h

ence in you strengthened,

be cheered and stimulated, andced that you are the sortbe trusted with business enter-.ncentrate with unwavering

on whatever you do. Ree

if you go down-town withthoughts in a chaotic state,

ng hither, thither, and yon,

will ally yourself with all th

and irresolution round aboutWhat good would a cable

whose strands floated outwardinward on every wave and

If you are a magnet

ient power, you attractthou ht-forces ust as th


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ive, sympathetic piece of silveall the particles of invisible

r to itself from the water.is not nonsense. You ca

e for yourself that a man whoto his work with a trained

who has methodized sense-

ies of business, and whoand energetic, is a positive

that attracts stimulatinght " out of the everywhere."

proves the truth of the og : " " Firmly drive, firm

success is for you

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