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BY

DOROTHY QUIGLEY

Authorof

**Everybody's Fairy-Godmother

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NEW YORK

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31 West TwENTY-TmBD Street

1897 ^'-'.



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Dedicatedto

YOU

Most Cordial Wishes

FORYour Sucx:ess









thoughgamesters say that the

cardsbeat

yers,though they were never so skilful,

contest we are now considering theplayers

game and share the power of the cards."

ught isall

lightand publishes

itself in

Itwill

flow fromyour actions, yo

and yourface. It

willbring

youfriendhip

enemies."

, here in this miserable,hampered, despic-ble

tual whereinthou even now standest.

Here

reis thy ideal. Work it

out therefrom,

kingbelieve, live, be free. Fool ! the ide

thyself; the impediment, too, is in th3rself

ditionis but the stuff thou art to shape t

idealout of.

Whatmatter whether such st

this sort or that so the form thou giveit

bepoetic

? Oh, thou thatpinest

in the

of the actual and criest bitterly to

for a kingdomwherein

torule,

know t

the thing thou seekestis

already with the

nowhere, conldst thou only see."





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 drawsall things

eable,gloomy, undesirable,

hy, and

destructive.

either respondto and

with the immense tide

ss and success in the world

you allow yourselfto be eg

in the great currents of woe

misery; or, purposeless an



of the power within your-elf,

youdrift

aimlessly, sometimes

g high on the crest of a sweep-ng

wave of prosperity, and some-times

sinking solow

as to be drawn

and almost lost in an under-ow

ofdespair.

In brief,you are either a success

a failure; or you are neither one

the other, whichis

almost

as being afailure. If

you ar

a success,it is imperatively

t that you shoulddiscover

you are not^for Success is fo

Perhapsyou

have never thought

the way the lawof attraction,

lawof vibration, and the law

throu h



upon you.It is true you can-not

see the workings of these i

laws, but you can perceive

results of their action.Have

everdissolved

silver and put

ntoclear water in

whichit can-ot

be seen, and then made a

tor to gather up the invisible

cles of the metal? A

sympa-hetic

bitof silver on the negative

of a batteryattracts every

of silverin the water,

be

small as a motein a sunbeam.

is aforce

within you which

rlydirected,

willdraw

condi-ions

and opportunities of success

are as invisible as the liquid

rlost in

water.The

piece

un-



itselfall the particles of

its kin

the wateris a symbol of every

ht and action of your li

every thought and action ar

tic centres, radiatinginflunce

that attracts or repels an

minescertain outward con-dit

Your thoughts areforces

radiatefrom

you aslight does

a star.

Hold inyour

hand abox or

of paper and ask some one

producedifferent tones

until you

the paper vibratein

yourhand.

eseveral violin strings

in

of uniform tension over

ingboard

and tuned inuno

with one another, and go



a pipe or a stringhaving

same pitch as that of the three

gs. If another person listens

ly,he

will observe that th

n strings oscillate sympathetic-lly

from the effects of the pipe

edin the opposite end of th

Thissimple experiment

the vibratory effects of the exc

rare and elastic ether that

all space.It is a mysterious

ger and conveysinformation

viewless waves.The

reciprocal

reflexive action of thought-

in this all-pervading electro-agnetic

ether,is as powerful, nat-ra

and understandable as are th

s that produce the vibrations

light, heat,



As the invisible currents of

ied the tone that made t

vibrate in your hand ; or,

unseeable wind rising andfan

upon a stringedinstrument

ucesEolian

melodies, so your

sible thoughts play upon t

sand minds of your

fellow-

s. Youawaken responses

rding to the kindand quality

the thought you project and

rdance with the fineness

ess of the heartsand minds

those your thought-forces touch.

chief responsibility,however,

with you,for by the law

of at

and re-action whichis as simple

the spiritual world as it is in th



yourself.The

reactionary

cter of emotionin the spiritual

of motion in the physical world

the same.The

ever-widening

madeby a pebble tossed

the smooth surface of a lake

you afine hint

of the way th

ht you sendforth

acts upon

invisible ocean of ether that sur-rou

andinterpenetrates

every-ody

and everything.The

waves

dby the pebble are no

les

than the vibratory effect caused

every word that conveys an idea

r thoughtfully or thoughtlessly

n.

fyou

doubt that thought is

, follow the work now being

in laborator



atCambridge. They have

there for investigatinga

uring every mental process.

time requiredfor

mental action

re-action,for discrimination,

association ofideas, fatigue,

all that, ismathematically

Mensleep on balances

apparata that mark the slightst

change of pulse, respiration,

culation, andheat. They te

selves with milddoses

of narco

tonics, and other nervines.

ymultiply or reduce air-press-res

over the entiredermal

surface.

select a square-inch of ski

with everyknown test educate

formonths ; they fatigue definite



time andforce

ofimagina-ion,

of memory and will, and they

re hypnotic states. Prof. E

Scripture hasrecently made

indiscoveries through these

estingexperiments that wil

of practical valueto

working-

ore thrilling, vitally and almost

tically interesting, however,

the work atCambridge are

experiments ofDr. Elmer Gates

the Laboratoryof

Psychology

Mind- Artat

Chevy Chase, Md.

r. Gates holds that mind activ-ties

can createbrain

structures.

proveshis theory first by exp

ondogs.



at the same time were suj

to different training, wit

interesting results. A num-ber

were putin a dark room

fro

moment of their birth,and were

permitted to see a ray ofligh

hergroup were allowed

to l

dogsusually

do. A third set were

n most extraordinary training

using their seeingfaculties.

age of nine months all the pupie

were chloroformed.The fi

p that hadnever used the sei

functionshowed an undevel-ped

cortexin the seeing area

brain. Thesecond group th

ledregular

dog lives had

ber of cellsdeveloped. Th

dogs, had alarge





Theassociation of memories with

each other is accomplished by

means of interconnecting fibresand

by means of wave-motions in the

brain mass, " molar, electrical, and

etheric." Prof. Gates holds the

memory of the emotion ofhate 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 refunctionsit becomes

stronger ; every time such memories

are associated with other memories

of the same sort a criminaldomi-

nancy is being built in the brain.

\

\

\



.

THE UPBUILDING PROCESS.

Sthis not

hint to you th

you can train yourself men-tall

insuch a way that you n

change the cellsin

yourbrain

the conditions of yourlife ?

upbuilding process of mental

g may seemintricate,

yet

eedingly simple.The follow-ng

on the wayto

give up smoking

aninsight into the philoso-hy

ofProfessor Gates. He

says

may not wishto give up t

for instance,of smoking.

M

therefore, wills me to smoke,

Ismoke.

But if Icommence







ditions they have been declang

oftenbecome

evident

Accidents frequentlyprove t

you changein a human brain

a

up ofbrain

cells you will affe

that person's mind one definite

ss of memories.If by brai

ldingyou put

into the brain

group offunctioning

cells, y

a new class of memories a

e that person really more mind.

The ideaof

developing helpful

e-memoriesis

put to testwi

ering resultsin the kindergar-ens.

Courageplays, justice plays

istic, charity,laughter, friendhip,

sympathy, andjoy

plays

designed tocall

intorepeated



r intellectual state, that after a

ime maybecome habitual, or the

xpression of

it becomes a

subcon-cious

process.The boy

whohas

earnedcertain gallantries

in the

tiquette playdoffs his hat to a

adywithout thinking he has been

aught to do so. Hiscondtcct-memo-

zes act thus, as quickly, as spon-aneously

as his mental-memories

owhen

herecalls

"two times two

re four."

The most wonderfulresult

of the

xperiments madeby Professor

ates was the discovery that certain

tates of mind produced chemical

recipitatesin the body. He

says :

"In 1879I

published a report of

xperiments showing that, when





te, etc.My

experiments show

irascible,malevolent, and

der

emotions generate in th

injurious compounds, some

which are extremely poisonous

that agreeable,happy emo-tions

generate chemical compounds

nutritious value, which stimulate

cellsto

manufacture energy."

he lastclause of the foregoing

whyhopeful,

cheerful

e,full

ofloving-kindness keep

youthful appearance so much

r than disagreeable folk do

y is life.

xperiments have demonstrated

every emotion of afalse

and

reeable nature produces

in blood







.

AN INSPIRITING SYMBOL.

AThas

all this to dow

success? Everything.

The foregoingall

too brief

quatepresentation of

iments anddiscoveries

art and psychology"

does

suggest what masterly powe

within you? Does it

not s

that successis for you,

if

know how to handleyourself

t?

Grant that your thought

; that this force influences

orless,

accordingto the

direct it,everybody and ever



with whom and with which

comein

contact.

Recall the experiments upon t

es ; the developmentof sense,

ct and moral- memories

children in the kindergartens,

show that youhave t

to change the conditions

mind,if

not the cells of your

. Recall these Ipray yo

grant that you can change

thought-force for better

worse as yourWill insists.

Recall howcertain people

have

ted you ;how some had

phere as pleasant as a sunny

eand

howothers seemed

to move in dampclouds eh

Did



distinctsensations,

feelings,

emotions, pleasurable with t

and discomforting and depress-ng

with the other? Recall these

grant,if

you please, that psyhi

as well as physical emana-tions

are real and that they ar

as unsubstantial as ''boiled

bs," as some melancholy ma-te

wouldhave

youbelieve.

osof cobwebs " the spider

a glorious examplefor

you.

the webhe

spins an inspiriting

l of the power within you

creates the conditions tha

und you? With

equal ease

swings a gossamerhammock

rner of a castle or a barn;

his filmy to tree-



or spreadshis fragile

net on

ofdelicate

grass that serve

pillars for his home near th

.No matter where

h

it is the same sort ofillio

" a tangible veil of mist.

this nothint to you th

ng of the followingsignifi-ant

words? " The

covetousness,

the malignity which saddens me

Iascribe

it tosociety,

ismy

/ am always environed

lfy And those elusive gray

ds that the spider projects,

they not visible emanations?

decorates or disfiguresaccord-ng

to wherehe builds. Art ha

beenable to reproduce

lace beauty



the web of a spider woven

ss-tips and studded with sun

hted dewdrops. No crystal h

beenglorified with more

utiful,prismatic coloring tha

t whichidealizes a spider's

e hung on a tree or between

posts.The light breaking

perfect anglesformed by

metriclines

ofdelicate

gossaer,

makes the fragile thing seem

n of the intangibleradiations

a rainbow.

Butwhat a bit

ofdirty fluff

der's webis in a clean whit

lway or prettyliving-room

yof us

like the spider choose

wrong corner inwhich to weave

life. A is



t likemany another celebrity

isnot judged by the highest

best expression of himself, and

viceshave been

made more

ent than hisvirtues, except

hisgreat unfailing

industry,

courageto stick to what

he has

begun despiterepeated at

anddefeats. A

poetlong

sangin

verse the praises

superb quality of the indefatig-ble

weaver.But

not to digress

fyou grant that your thought

forceand that you can direct

force,and that you create a

here round about you that

attracts or repels, whatis th

thing you mustdo if

you wish

in ?



CHAPTER IV.

TO MAKE YOURSELF A VALUE.

YOU willfirst, as suggested

What Dress Makesof

endeavor to findout

ifyour

pearance is for or against yo

innerself.

Youwill observe

whether your clothes are caricatur-ng

the linesof your

bodyand

featuresof your

face; or advertis-ng

to the world that you are

vain, erratic creature, or a slovenly

disheartened one. Youwill no

whether yourbody is truthfully

revealing your real self, your spir

Whenyou remember that ever

thought is a chiselliterally

carving

28



expression upon the faceand

you will striveto give your

ts as attractive an out-ar

showing as you possibly can,

you not? Men judge of

's characterby his form and

andby the general movements

is body. The new psychology

es us we can make ourselves

byusing and

developing th

kindof thought-force.

nywith

Professor Gates

er psychologist affirms

ery thought which enters tK

isregistered

in the brain

ange more orless

permanent

thoughts buildup structures

cells which engender evilideas,





itive opposites would surely

ld itup.

But this is logicaland

sonable.Harmony, joy, opti-ism,

idealism, love,and courage

l surelyinvigorate. Under the

well-understoodlaw

of auto-ugges

and thought-concentra-ion,

each mental condition can b

itively cultivated and made

inant in the consciousness."

You havepractised auto-sugges-ion

unawares all yourlife. When

said,for instance,

upon going

bed, '*I must get up at si

lockto-morrow

morning," and

charged your mind with the

ught that you must wake u

t youdid,

you practised auto-sugge

in a familiarway.



















ded to the old gentleman's

ervationsin

a spirit of easy

asant comradeship. Finally

r man confidedto the younger

hewished much to sell

arywhich, although small, conta

a number of valuablebooks.

asked the boy if he thought

d sellit for him. With

chact

alacrity of spirit the New

chap, not at all phased, sa

would try to do it. The

gavehim

somedirections.

boysucceeded

inselling t

s. Hereceived a commission

fivepounds

for doing it.

He lostno time in finding

o

were hispossibilities

forgei

to India. He



ity to go as an assistant o

cook on a steamerbound fo

. Among other things hi

handscould

do was toplay

with pleasing skill. /He

ed care and homesicki(ess

leisure hours bypicking oiJ

a merry tune. Hismusic

for him the friendly interest

first-cabinpassenger, at whose

t the boywent on the upper

to play.The

captain, enraged

hisaudacity, ordered

him below

brutal despatch. The boy

"

richin friends," the passen-ers

pleaded that heshould remain

play not only that nightbut

nights.The favor

was



When the boy hired to assist t

he hadsigned papers to

with the steamer. He d

wishto do it but, like t

ful philospher that he was,

didnot spoil the comfortable

ntby

worrying about t

e.

erily, *' Fortune favors t

." Thecaptain,

displeased

the boy'sapparent

lack

ciation of class-distinctions,

resenting the attentionsb

uponhim by

grateful pase

whohad

enjoyedhis

music,

arged himat

Bombay.

this unexpected

dismissal

the boy more than glad.



for the preparationfor

clean-ng

boilers. Theywished to buy

recipe. He had the commer-cial

knowledgeand wit to know

not to take their price.

used the recipefor his own

Heprospered.

ne day hecame

back to New

very comfortably off, and

manly than ever in his bright,

ming, self-poised way.He

edhis East-side

sweetheart

made a tour of the United

s beforegoing to his home

y.

erenot cheerfulness and cour-age,

as well as willingnessto work,

the finequalities that at

to boy ?





VI.

TWO WHO CONQUERED.

GIRL,with a tendency

grumble at everything, made

aburden to her

roommate

hionable boarding-school. Th

turned uponher

o

and said,

** Iwould n't be y

all the moneyin the world,

ifyou are the first in

all you

s.You

always see the worst

of things. Nothingpleases

Doyou

know I 've bee

gan account of the things

Vegrumbled at this morning

isonly eleven o'clock and y

scolded about twenty things.



youdon't

stopfinding fault I

Mrs. Parsons to let Sally Ridge

with me. She 'suntidy, bu

alwayshas a good word

f

body andis

not carping

thing."The

girl who was

gnedhad a sensitive, critical,

imaginative temperament. Sh

high-strungand

idealistican

ely anything satisfiedher loft

ards.She was wounded

things one ofless keen

sensiilit

would not notice.Her

sen-sit

notbeing

controlled,

oped into mere touchiness,

phase of vanity.Sh

never been taught to

weigh

to get just values.Her

school-ate's

denunciation delivered



uncompromising manner of

d girl,hurt her

pride.Sh

not been conscious of h

-findings,and

honestly believed

lf incapableof making

herself

disagreeable,and would

have

ved herselfsincere when s

ted*' I judge people

by thei

lences notby their defects."

the listof

hercriticisms of

h

lmates, teachers, and t

t,her

grumblings ath

es,bed, in fact

everything,

y read offby her

observing

nion convincedher that s

indisputablyguilty.

She

to checkher inclination

fault. Itwas difficult

atfirs

to







fliesrapidly

fromone

flower

another,but does not stay

lon

any. She had many good

ghts, yet they were scattered.

could talk on a great variety

subjectsin a short time, b

edsadly

inconsecutiveness

ing, thought, and action.

trunk fullof expensive mat

for fancywork was a revelaion

of the condition ofher

mind.

the trunk werefine linen

pillo

s, one richlybraided, the othe

celybegun, both

mussed a

worn ; there were all sorts a

erns of embroidery, the late

the hour, tossed on old-fashioned

imens.None were completed.

flower





erver ofhuman

nature said

, " Doyou

know that yourl

thoroughness is your greatest

lt ? Itwill

beat the bottom

yourfailures in life. If

you

conquerit,

you will never

success inanything."

The

proud.She

wished to be

ed successin

one special callin

an all-around success inwhatver

shedid. She blushed

a

vered at the philosopher's

Hiswords stung

her l

lash. Hiswords

hadweight

ever. Poorchild, she started

to conquer this lackof contuit

notknowing

what a weariome

battle itwould

be. S

in When





onsand

learned hernotes

t. Not having a perfect

took intenseapplication.

iedFrench

verbs.She

mad

elf finishwhatever she

began

ayshe

is a great artist.

s hersuccess

from the ho

philosophertold her

of

estfault She is

not only

ofdetails in her

profession

a thorough housekeeper.

not conquerby

magicbut

months of persistent effo

effort,however, soon cease

become irksome forshe resolved

conquer with smilesinstead

She had learned the val







s,hopeful,

and make yourself

it Concentrateyour thought

cheerfulness. Concentration

one of the chie(forces of success

anything.You even comb

hair better ifyou concentrate

thought upondoing it. Your

morningis more magnetic,

helpful to bothyourself an

hearer, ifyou concentrate

thought upon the person

utterit. You

project a shaf

concentrated spirituallight tha

andbrightens.

A man's thoughts may all

and correct and commend-ble,

yetif his

mindflits

quickly

one thing toanother the

e lose





often wentfor

advice,

ed none to his son who was

g East to start upon a musi-al

career. Theyoung man hal

his fatherwas not

interested

his success. When the judg

his boygood-bye

hesaid

tick to it,my son.

Remember

three littlewords,"

he con-tin

emphasizing them afresh

telling each one off on h

rs, ''Stick to it ! Isay."

Hi

never forgot the admonition.

nervedhim to keep

on although

came thick an

and the strugglein New

where competition was

was terrible fora time. H

lly



ationalreputation

inmusical

s.

clearlydefined,

concen-trated

thought-force hasa quality

electricity. It is powerful

and properlydirected

away whatis

useless an

ive.













.

TO ATTRACT SUCCESS.

N you understand yourelf

and yourfellow-men

should

then studyto know ho

se the power within you so y

not waste volumes of energy

h ignorance. So you w

dissipateyour vitality through

through worry, through

to other persons' affairs

it isyour

business to do

a woman makesherself loo

a withered orangeby

wasting

energy and vital strength

effortsto accomplish vain

The first impulseof an

66



igent engineer wouldbe to p

governor on to an engine

h the steam was evaporating

the dangerpoint and to

ose.How

manyhuman e

dissipate their will-force, thei

gy, through unchecked anger,

inualfretting,

and misguided

anthropies until they become

tractive,broken-down ma-ch

Aboveall things mind

own business, but be keenly

e.When

you are negative an

fferent

you are reallyhalf-dead.

e are unused musclesin

your

withering awayfor

want

rcisp, there are unused cells

braincontracting

forwant





breed new ones, as they flock

yourbrain, that will

be more

bing than the first-comers.

ainnone. Make

your mind-

lank as possible until you are

and poised, and then invite

ul andhopeful thoughts and

ain them with royalhospital-ty.

Ifyou grant the truth of the

ery that each of us radiates

cal emanations, as palpable

the glow ofheat from

a regis-er,

then you will understand the

significance of the command,

rdwell thy thoughts," fo

person gives out a psychical

ion whichis the direct re-su

ofhis

mental, and conse-quently

his



Ifyour thoughts are gloomy

emanations willbe depressing,

you will attract despondent

ple only and put yourselfin

ever-growing current of gloom,

you are bravelycheerful you w

wunto yourself

brightcondi-ions

and will attract cheerful com-rad

for by the lawof affinity

re such atoms as belong in

circle are mutually attracted

le those whichbelong in

othe

cles repel.We

allknow fro

eriencehow depressing the

is,where gloomy, cross,

unreposeful peoplelive. Their

are permeated with oppress-

discontent. Ifyou are sensiive

feel



keenlyas if it

were afog.

oralfog. Despondent

people

in a blur and could not see an

unityfor

success if they

over it. It isas Mrs.

pictures it in the follow-ng

:

hinks we do as fretfulchildren

do,

their faces on the window-pane,

sigh the glassdim

with their own

breath'sstain,

shut the sky and landscape from their

view;

thus, alas !. . . .

miss the prospect which we are called

unto.". . .

ookat yourself

! If the corners

your mouth sag.Smile ! Smile

! Smileand

keep on smil-ng

have











of any appearance t

surely and quicklydo w

it to us or express it within

Job testified to the truth

philosophy whenhe

said," That

Imost

feared iscome upon

In the words of the late Prentice

ord:

" Stopworrying over anticipated

rds. Keepyour mind

in t

ntYou

onlyintensify

an

n discord byworry, and

same time you take from t

nt those forceswhich should

employedin the present, an

wouldfortify

you against

anticipateddiscords. Disabuse

belief







CHAPTER X.

TRUST THYSELF.

CCESS or failure inany

li

is dependentupon the fait

the thinker in hispower to a

the workbefore him.

positive character that d

to attain the thingd

must approach more nearly

goal than the vacillating,hesiati

thinker who fears failure.

ust thyself: everyheart

to that ironstring''

The la

echo makes this inspiriting li

Emersonpractical and prov-ble.

Ifyou project thoughts

e, of trust inyour own abi

79



ty to succeed, you awaken answer-ing

vibrations of trust inyou

in

eartsof even those who are not

piritual or mental rapport w

ou.It is

proven that when

hange our chemical condition

entally we change perforce

ations.These

changes can

ientificallyregulated

bygovern-

ng our thoughts aright, and

ybecome

effectual magnets

ccess. This law is illustrated

veryday in

everyline

ofbusiness.

Achambermaid who

did herwor

kept herselfneat, minded

n businessand proved

herself

liablein

every way,impressed

e observinghousekeeper in

ashionable hotel" one the







TRUST THYSELF

position that was offeredher,

awakened a responsive echo

belief in herpowers of ac-co

in the minds of those

uthority.

e thought-force of those wh6

strong, steadfastfaith in their

abilityto do, is so

convincing--

although they mayhave little

knowledge,and real talent*^

soinfluence

people tobelieve

them that they often secure

ons that more expert and

ed but self-distrusting and

men and women are unable

et







beggar,and you will

be treated

the condescendingbenevo-ence

or brutal indifference t

inkingbring down

upon them-elves

Remembercharacter,

of purpose, and self-respect

distinction to any sort of sui

eve me, ifyou carry yourself

a self-respecting, self-reliant

whoknows he has the ski

ability to givein

perfect servi

a good returnfor

money

ived, you willbe

granted

ectfulhearing that a beggar

can nor willbe

able to com-mand.

If one personhas

no place

you,he

maybe

able tosuggest

you somebody whodoes

need

if







renting an available corner

of the offices which she would

rent for in money or in servi

ifextra work was needed.

firm had its own type-writer.

available corner was at t

dent'sdisposal. The

gi

ed him for hiscourteous

andleft. Two days

afte

received a note telling hercerta

changeshad been

made and

necessary to haveanother

writer in the firm,and t

ion was ather

refusal.Sh

tedit,

explaining sheha

been in an office and might

suit at all,but

she was

willing

try. Thepresident, a keen

" I







hadshe the air of a ruler

large kingdom. Shesimply

h

atmosphere and carriage of

l-bred, modest young gentleoman,

whose self-command w

result of training and of mil

with men and women of

ite world.She had the uncon-

sself-trust of a courteous chil

radiated character qualities

ery self-reliance,loyalty,

a

thfulness inservice and womanly

f-respect that won recognition

appreciationin

every place

led. Perhaps this isanother

where temperament a

edingconspired toward success.

ispossible,

however,as many



to make one's self over

develop just such qualities.

en a man seeks employment

henot offer the fruits

ofhi

his time; the work ofhi

andhis

skillfor

another

money? Is it

not afai

sproposition

? Is itnot an

e of values? Money is

not.

only value,it is

only one

valuesin the world.

If a man

is beggarlymien and servility

heseeks employment thus-

y undervalueshis labor, is

that the one to whom

oestreats him

as if hewere

asking

for

alms,

instead

ble workingman offeringhi



? Theattitude of mean subis

of some poor men is

nsible for the despicable

displayed bysome ri

as the latter is for the former.

react upon and make one ao

If the employer'sbearing

d the workingmanis the righ

hegives the laborer more tha

.If the workingman's

bear-ng

toward hisemployer

is t

one,he

giveshim

more than

labor. Eachone gives to t

what cannotbe

paidfo

it is the most precious part

mutual relationship.Many

-up should go

to the kinder-arten

andlearn the spiritual s



s how the farmer is indebted

the millerfor

convertingh

into flour ; how the miller

indebted to the baker;

how t

is indebted to the grocer-

andfinally how the customer

indebted '

to the grocerman's

.Each by his

servicehelps

other and enables the other

athis

post anddo his

special

Theyall serve the la

of the smallloaf,

who

the time and trouble

ing outhis bread

cakelike

e.It is this ennobling

interepen

that makes service

ifulprivilege and a high

pleas-re.

Cultivate a respectfor

your

Respect





true success in life. The l

idea that there iscaste

is an unworthy one. The

casteis in

character."

henyou assume the attitude

abeggar

you reflect uponGod

demeanyour spirit, which

it

highprivilege to set

forth

as possible.What

would

think of an electrician who

gizedin

envioushumility b

the illuminating threads

ght generated underhis

con-tro

were allowedby him to glow

gh muddyill-formed

globes,

were offensive to the sight

e lampsas

clearas

crystal-

bubbles? Areyou not



work, whateverit

maybe,

le showing of the way you

Divine Forcewithin you?

not see that the rightkind

trust is absolute faith in t

within youto aid you to

er youhave to do ? You

e instrument. Like the master

rician you candirect the for

youto

givelight,

pleasure,

t, andhelp to whatever a

ever comes within yo

here ; or, you can so m

it or neglectto use

it, t

ess, discomfort, despaircomes

yourself and all who come witn

touch of you.





ieve, relying on their spirit

gettingabsolutely their ow

sonality. They have no fa

de that iswounded

because

ebodyhas failed to do defence

to their fancied importance.

express the work of their spi

the main thing with them.

project your work aright,

l speakfor itself. It is

you

however, toproject

itaright

Toomany of us are

like

ud, snobbish old woman wh

ame so poor shehad to take

rries that grewin her

garden

o the streets to sell.They

were

thsome andluscious, deep,

uties,shining with seductive

ghtness. She didnot see the









nctarid not at all

impressive.

you not catch the hint ? Does

not behoove us all to find t

where the conditions are t

for the clearest and most r

echo to our call ? There

otherlaws

of course, asI have

toshow,

besides the law

with which we mustbe

ny to becompletely

in touch

the uplifting andhelpful

con-dit

of the world.Of

all classes,

artistic one, whose sensitive

rament is its joy and

should note the workings

lawof echo, the law

of action

re-action and the lawof vibra-ion

especially, as itworks not onl

deeds but in





orart's sake consisted

in deifying

e another,in

abstainingfr

elping Chance,who

didnot eve

now their address, andin

waiting

orpedestals to come of their ow

cord and place themselves unde

em." Henri Murgerwrote

oregoingmore than fifty

yea

go.The

classto which

he

is as numerous to-day as

s then.

If they write they think th

anuscripts are such precious,

aven-born documents that people

ould seek them with eagerness

haste. They donot regar

em asdisposable

commodities

ich they mustfind the ri

rketThey do not

keepal









XIII.

NOBLE SELF-ASSERTION.

HE properkind

of self-trus

begetsself-assertion and

is one of the most poten

ents of success.That is

son so many of the so-calledb

lfish,disagreeable

peoplein

ed.They

assert themselves.

eymake themselves a steady

iving force before

whichthe

n

the unwisely sensitive,

e ignobly humblego

down

eyattain a certain

kindof

a material sort.They

wa

ney and they bendevery energy,

ery thought to get it, and in man

no





higherand

better. His lowest

ssion of self-assertion wins

se insistent energy an

ge and the cheerfulnessborn

hissuccess are spiritual qualities

anyone. They draw success

froward as well as to the sel

cting,dignified

worker who

mined towin without tram-pling

overhis fellow-men to do

currentsin the ocean bear t

of the pirates as swiftly

do the steamers of the mer-chan

Sunshine lights

el as radiantly as it does

uary.Fire

makes even refuse

iful. Under its beneficent

encea dirty

oldbone,

a worm-

dead branch forth



andbecome instruments

of

t and power.Sunlight,

air,

and fire, which are for the

of all, givinglife or death

ac-cor

as they are used rightly or

y, are they not symbols of

Divine Forceswithin us ? In

instruments they are ignov

expressed,but they are not^

t power.Remember this

you are inclined to arraign

forpartiality and to look

viitYT

ous envy upon yourfellow-

Is itnot yourself that you

challenge?

heself-assertion of

braggarts,-^

iseasily seen, is

not the finest-

Theywin something,

but

losemany of the most enrich-





ciation are the worstforms

.Self-abasement is the neg-

expression of the same pride

which offensive self-assertion

positive.If the positive exp

ischeerful, of course

But, as you no doubt have

ed,if the braggart has n

claimto

recognition than h

and persistencehe is finally

redfor his just value and

ableto hold

places whichfor

heusurped

bysheer

force.

why should any of us either

est the ignobleself-assertion

the braggart or the negative

approval of the self-depreciator

wehave the sweet privilege

forth hi hest kind



self-assertion? It is

not onl

privilegebut our manly a

lyduty. What is the high

tkind

of self-assertion?It

ritualself-assertion.

Spiritual

f-assertionis

not self-conscious

ceit.It is the unconscious

of a self-sufficing, se

lying, self-controlled man

an, whohas

self-knowledge

d self-reverence.It is

ickening radiation of a serene,

y, self-poised soul.Self-poised

auseconscious that if it assume

e right attitude toward itswor

d the worldit is backed by Omi

Itself. It is the asser-tion

of the Soul. ** Who hasmore

ul than Imasters me though





.

THE WISEST SYMPATHY.

succeed you must notdissat

your preciousforce

sympathy. "Do not sp

soul

"

inrunning

hithera

grieving over the misfortunes

mistakes and the vices

.The

one person whom

st necessaryin this world

isyourself. "A sympa-hetic

personis

placedin

aof a swimmer among

ngmen who will catch

andif he

gives so much as

or afinger, they will

drown hi

wished to besaved

fro



mischiefs of their vicesbut

no

their vices.A

wise andhardy

will say, come out of that

the firstcondition of advice,"

truly sympathize with afriend

is quivering with trouble

isnot to respond to h

andintensify his

misery

rousremarks of agreement

hismournful views of

himself

humanity. Give himmental

physicalinvigoration by

proje

clearlyformed thoughts

ge and cheer.Miserable fol

ina negative condition, they

to have their creative mental

ies quickened.Make them

te withhope. Instead

of takn

their key, woo them



your major note ofhope f

resonantharmony. Stimulate

to believe in themselves.

them how they dramatize

woes and whatdespicable

sfaction they sometimes take

the leading men and women

their particular scenes of woe,

howeager they are to have

ciative audience to weep with

Show them how their super-ensiti

vanity magnifies wrongs

their morbidimaginations

ea

mistakes until their trou-les

becomecompanions.

Show

that it is as ill-bred

around complaining ofhaving

bluesand

inflicting themselves

the are







sedbad

escape.The ba

ss the forcewithin them.

may do it ignobly, but the

it. Theself-abasing good

recognizeGod, they give

ssion to the power within

Ifyou

donot sail your

in the current why should yo

bewrecked?

Ifyou

dono

on electricity, or, ifyou

dono

itproperly why should you no

in the dark,and what

is to save

from being destroyed by

negatively goodbring

much

their troubles upon themselves.

who make a profession

humble have

certain

lines

facespeculiar

toand

discern-ble



er tells by hisattitude,

hisgeu

the expression ofhis face th

serves. A quick eye can single

a waiterin a group

bycertain

stakable characteristics.Peole

who believe in their own inferirity

betray their secret thoughts

t as some waitersdo their occu-patio

and they lookand move

waiters.If

you are willing

a doormatof yourself,

don

surprisedif

people wipe thei

on you andkick

you aside.

so-called good peopleby

ishobliteration of their individ-ality

makedoormats

of themselves.

growlean

andfeeble in mus-cle

and weakin

spirit.They have

They have



power of attraction.It

seems

cant to affirm,** It is

noble

erve, if one serves nobly,"

experiencedknow that he

com-man

bestwho

knows how

best. Itall

dependsupon

spirit with which you serve.

sa

sin

to be too humble. If

yo

eyou are inferior

and o

you unite yourself with

tide of oppression. You

adepressor,

adestroyer

andit is

your privilege

be a stimulator, a creator

.Can

you not seeif

yo

a negative, self-abasing man

youdeny the power of

God

ou?





lution,or cowardice and

b

edby it. It

willbe a blur

your judgment. Itwill

be

extraload

of cowardly or

te thought to tax your cour-age

and resolution.Of

whatever

quality that person's thought

itwill

infectyou more or les

that quality.If

you associate

people who tire andbore

you,

keep better,more

helpfulpeo-

away."Take

no interest in th

bing, disintegratingmen and

that bustlearound you

lik

g bumble bees,and they wil

leaveyou to your work.

Pre-ccu

attentionin

your own a

is the bestand most effective

to importunate frivolers





cannot sleep after youhave

ludedfrom

your mealsdrinks

dishes that excite and stimu-ate,

try atleast to get some rest.

axevery muscle.

Thinkonly

the mostdelightful

experiences

have ever had; the most suc-ces

things youhave ever done

eover

in imaginationthe most

ous scenes inyour

life. Feast

mind at a spiritualbanquet.

n ifyou

donot sleep

"

and th

ces are that you will " ^you wil

refreshed.Learn to swing

thetide. Even in

the simple

er of goingdown-town in

car for instance,get the mo-tio

ofthe car. Get the

rhythm

crowd andit

will stimulatei

de lete



.

HE WISDOM OF THE OPTIMIST.

W can one becheerful whe

life isSO tragic? you

life isso serious, and th

so much sadness,how

can

joyful ? If life is tragic to y

ps youhave

madeit

psyou

havemade no eff

understand yourself, and

as water you have be

dby

every changing circum-tance,

every whim, and every

becominga victim

instead

aster of your emotions.

unawares youhave been

mely selfish and exacting t

130







many an exactinghusband

an

have thus created their own

erhapsyou

have been toose

ficing.As has been

shown,

leself-sacrifice

is as bad

imes worse, than exacting

shness,because it develops

shnessin

others and makes one

ive and powerlessto hold

an

t the mostdignified,

ennob-ing,

and enduringkind

oflove.

ousay "How can anyone

ful whendeath is

omnipres-nt?"

Itrequires our strong-st,

highesteffort

to face t

ationand

loneliness that f

in the track ofdeath. May

hopeso



l as deathmust

be beneficial

we not trust, as we watch t

ngs of nature, that death

another condition oflif

te the unspeakable sadness

wrecks our own hearts we,

,should not grieve selfishly.

a mournerg^eves

in a sel

ng way.Passionate

grie

erdoes the dead

any good

the living. It does the latte

Death is the Messiah th

ms usfrom brutal

unkindness

all uncharitableness.Without

andlittle

children what

not the worldlack in

gentle-ess,

loving kindness,and sweet-ess?

There issadness, there

but to be





hears the ceaseless murmur

through all the immemorial

rs." Sing back " The optimist

the wise man. Thepessimist

fool." Thepessimist

is worse.

is a moral and mental poisoner.

paralyzes energy.He judg

yby defects, the lowest form

dgment, andhas

not the mental

etration tounderstand

kings of nature'slaws. T

simistlooks

atNiagara

and s

Uselesssheet of water, thunder-

lynoisy.

Lotsof men dashed

piecesin the whirlpool

below

ereverlastingly

flowing,"

adds self-pityingly, "it will

bling over these precipices

I *m dead T





XVII.

HOW TO TRAIN FOR SUCCESS.

O recapitulate : Ifyou are

miserable,despondent,

sln

unsuccessfulindividual,

of yourself this instant.

Firstget yourself

into the codi

forsuccess. If

possible

ea den

of your own intowhich

can go and preserve the sacre

uninterrupted seclusion t

ldbe

granted you,if

you were

ing your prayers.If

you cao

have a

place,choose an

hour

ght or earlyin the morning whe

maybe sure of

being

If

you

are despondent,

138



your mind to be hopeful.

haveno pleasant experiences

your life to recall, imagine th

ntest things you wouldlik

have happen toyou or you

like to do. Pictureyourself

a commanding attitude,full

e andbrightness. See

your

as radiant with cheerfulness

can imagine it. Look in th

and catch your expression.

these thoughts, quicken th

ns and sensations ofhope

courage.Go

over and over

with the steady persistency

dentbent

uponlearning

a diffult

Greekverb.

Soonyour

brain

nerved with new thoughts,

aninspiriting inflow



positive thought-force, will wor

themselves, and yourWill

you to think in currents

fuland courageous thoughts,

you will viewlife from

a newer

higherplane, and see oppor-uniti

you never saw before.

cheerfulness and courage w

warmth to your manners. Yo

grow more winning unawares.

gracious manner, fullof

hospialit

and cheerful composure, sue

self-poise, self-respect, a

-command, qualities that we

re.Emerson

says," T is

timablehint that I

owe to af

ons offine

manners, that the

behavior the veryfirst

sign

e,"

^behavior,







comes to you willhave h

encein

you strengthened,

be cheered and stimulated, and

ced that you are the sort

be trusted withbusiness

enter-

.

ncentratewith unwavering

on whatever youdo. Ree

ifyou go

down-townwith

thoughts ina chaotic state,

ng hither, thither, and yon,

will ally yourself with all th

andirresolution

round about

Whatgood would a cable

whose strandsfloated

outward

inward on every wave and

Ifyou are a magnet

ient power, you attract

thou ht-forces ust as th







y and evenin its least

com-men

form, it isnot without

ism.A man

longing to

artist, a writer, a scientist, or

an, goesdown-town

wit

concentrated attractingforc

the one whois

content to

siness man. Many of thes

rsgo through life becoming

r successful tradesmen n

s.







ifyou are willing to suffer

deprivationsand

inconveniences

a time.

man who wished to be

r had toslave at news-paper

work.One day he deter-ined

to studylaw. He

ver

rly tried to arrangehis

work

time sohe

coulddo so, an

ned a nightdesk

upon a dail

aper.He thus secured tim

attend the lawschool and

law during the day. H

lycontinued

in his dualro

editor andlaw

student until

admitted to practice, and succe

establishedhimself in

n profession.

f it is impossible for







Sheunderstood the workings

certain psychiclaws. She kne

she faced her daily round

rending and exacting cares

sullen, rebelliousdiscontent,

woulddeplete her

verylife,

alize herself,and

be irritabl

d at night andinharmonious

time. Shealso

knew if

oachedher

workin the negaive

spiritless attitude ofdogged

rance she would enslaveh

anddestroy her

spiritual grac

becomea mere working

Sheresolved

to master

madeit an art.

She took

keen interest in learningway

simplify andbeautify the el



take in learning a new pater

oflace. She did her

work

as she was able with the same

itedaintiness

andlightness

ouch. She knew the best "

tex-ur

and "quality" of bread

did those of velvet or silk, and

er handsa piece of

bread b

interesting. Asshe really

dii

housework temperamentally,

didnot

feel the thrill of joy

accomplishment that genu-ne

housekeeperswho

love their

do, butshe experienced

of satisfactionin labor

wel

andfelt the comforting up

nt of spirit we allfeel

when

have triumphed when the odds

us.She





distasteful labor. Among t

less gifts that Drudgerygave

was perfect poise. In master-ng

disagreeable dutiesshe

ha

en holdof

herself." Sel

ry everywhere commands a

confidence, and respect.

actress more than any other

r needs this self-mastery.

public pay their money to se

ather best in

whateverline

s

rs, and they resent, subcon-ciously

ifnot consciously, an

l to their s)mipathies through

ss, timidity, orlack

of poise.

actress whofigures in th

ntalhad

such absolute surety

touch, such authority, that s

ated









inartisticpictures, ugly ol

worsted work, and ahundred

things that had sentiment,

nothing elseto commend them,

made abonfire

of them in th

rd. No man or woman

be a success eitherin

character

ork who allowshim-

or herself

be hampered by things, things,-

.

onot exaggerate your needs.^

s as harmful as magnifying your

ies.Unthinking individuals

all power of self-mastery

erating their troubles.

in financial distressand

harss

with caresbecame so

dispir-ted

shedecided to commit suicide.

day in



erry-boat the marvellouslybeauti-ul

bayof

San Francisco. Th

eam of beauty, however, was lo

onher

sorrow-weighted eyes

e was planning the quietest an

st way to slip out of what to h

a most miserable world, when

friendcame up to her

and said

stressed tones,

"

Oh ! I am

happy! Something

awfulh

ppened to me !"

Thewoe-be-

ne widow asked in anxious sym-ath

"What is it? Tell me,

rhapsI can

helpyou."

Thever

stressedwoman wailed

forth

Well, Iopened my closet th

rning, where myhandsome fu

packed, and

I found

them

th eaten."The one contemplat-ng

lau h





miseries.You

will make them

bigger than yourself, andb

a despicablecoward.

ntertainno thought of sorrow

youhave to. If a telegram

ns youin the middle of t

,do

notdissipate the strength

you might needfor

some

encyby imagining terrible

s beforeyou open the mes-sag

Entertainno thought

try to coollyface the difficulty.

you train yourself to nurse your

y thus, you will meet surpr

withouthaving to make

t to becalm,

foryour

devel-ped

conduct memories willact

subo

and will will you





obstacleis a stepping-stone

the one whoknows the law

e and of thought. What anw

could you make to this query

Walt Whitman ?

Haveyou

leam'd lessonsonly of those

admired you and were tender wit

and stood asidefor

you?

Have you not leam'd the great lessons

those who rejected you andbraced

lves against you or who treated yo

contempt or disputed the passage

you?

"

Comrade,we are not alone

in th

ggle.Even the flowers have

make an effortto reach the sun-lig

Properly directedeffort

rates energy.Energy is lif

is the manifestation of th

Give



ssitself. Use the forces

n youintelligently, fearlessly,

usly, triumphantly, persist-ntly,

and you will succeed.Get

Your success ismy suc-ess,

iseverybody's success. Get

with the universe. All

mic andharmonious, do

not

a note ofdiscord in the univer-al

harmony.

"

For the world was built inorder,

And the atoms marchin tune."

emember the world needs you

youneed

theworld.

Is it not

ablyclear that neither could

complete without the other?

this is the Law of the Jungle "

old and as true as the sky,

Wolf it



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