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SecretsofMentalSupremacy 10219257
SecretsofMentalSupremacy 10219257
INTR ODU C TI ON 5
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MIND AND IT S 7
M E M O RY A ND H O W T O D EV E L O P 41
H O W T O C ON C EN T RAT E T H E A TT EN TI ON i. . 99
TH E L OS T A R T S O F C H I L DH OO D.
M y mind t o m e a k ingdom is .
Epi c t e tus .
m am —Wa t t s .
so is he. J e s us .
I N T R O D U C TI O N .
—
way a nd a wr o ng way o r rather there
is one r igh t way and the re a re a thou
,
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I N TR ODUC TI O N .
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,
W R C LA TSO N MD
. . .
, .
Ne w Yo rk
M I N D A N D IT S M A T E R I A L .
psychologists c all it .
VA LUE OF TH E PERCEP TI O N S .
of hearing is on the in c re a s e ; we su ff e r
daily from la ck of skill in workmen ,
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The trouble is that despite R ous ,
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The senses which put us in c on t a c t
,
a primordial importance SO .
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of value to arti s t and art isan alike b y
the perfection and rapidity of work
that they insure Nothi ng em b ar
.
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The influence of trainin g on the
senses is easily seen The adroit
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The sense s Opera te in two ways ,
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The impressions made by exterior
objects on the sense organs the nerves -
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may b e learned .
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The intuitive concrete form given ,
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M E N TA L S UPRE M A C Y .
M EM ORY A ND I TS USES .
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Y o u will hav e gained no mental sto ck
in trade no material by the employ
,
T HE P O W ER OF A SS O C I A T IN G
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or think well who were like the “
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,
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ME N TA L S UP RE M A CY .
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I M A G IN A T I O N A ND JUD G M ENT .
b I n I n g c ertain memories in su ch a
fashi on that the combination is new .
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d e ci s i ve ly a n d to a ct v i g o r o us l y u p o n
that ch o I ce 1s a r ather ra r e thing He .
who h a s that po we r is s ai d t o h a ve a
s t ron g will .
“
R esolve is what makes a man mani
fest . Will make s me n giants .
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18
In o ur e ff
orts to tr a i n t he powe rs of
th e mind therefore it will be n e ce s
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an d s elf c ommand
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. The important
question of verb a l expression a s applie d
to b o th speech and writing will al s o
re ce i ve Spe cial attention .
M EN TA L A C TI O N A U NI T .
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MEN TAL S UPREMA CY .
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SECRE TS OF
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M E N TA L S UPREM A CY .
T R A I NI NG O F T H E P E RC E P TI V E
FA C ULTI E S .
t he e ye s o f t hin gs .
—H INDOO
P ROVERB .
HA T fa r s ee i ng genius
-
,
he regarded himself as
the center of all phenom
ena a sort o f focus to
,
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up o n th e —the th i ngs
perc ep tions upon
we s e e an d hear and feel an d tas t e an d
smell .
B LURRED M EN TA L P I C TURES .
h elpless .And so on .
“
flotsam and jetsam of the c ommer $
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SECRETS OF
T HE PERC EP TI O N S A RE E A SI LY
T RA IN ED .
ve l o pm e n t
. In mos t cases a few
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SECRE TS OE
an d fa r r angin g the m as s of p e rc ep
.
O f c ourse th ey k new o f o th e r th in gs
whi ch the c ountry b red ch il d w ould n o t
know ; but fa n cy the los s in the im a g
in a t io n of o n e to wh om t he f o l l o wl n g
l ines a r ouse n o VI SI On of a pure rus ti c ,
ma tut inal s ce n e
b uilt s h e d,
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MEN TAL S UPREM A CY .
T HE GREAT S ECRET OF S EN SE
T RA ININ G .
possibilities shortcomings ,
S ee how .
30
M E N TA L S UP REM A CY .
Y o u c an d o the s am e thi ng ou t of
doors L ook at a mountain peak the
.
,
lark,
$
and SO on James Whitcomb
.
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R iley has said $ There is ever a song
somewhere my child
,
And to find
the material for the song it is n e ce s
sary only to look with refined and edu
c a t e d perception —to look trying to s e e
all the variou s sides all the many ,
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five white and seven blue and three
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in a c ircle .
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T RA ININ G T HE EA R TO H EA R .
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most it might well be sa id ears and
they h ear not I do not mean tha t
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swallow all these and the many
,
y o u h e a r t he wat c h ? Y es N o.w i n
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M E N TAL S UPREM A C Y .
T RA ININ G T HE S EN SE OF S M ELL .
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that we hear it is not true a t least
,
is a biological fa c t
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this place .
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a wo m a n we ll born a n d h ighl y e d u
,
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M E N TA L S UP REM A C Y .
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d e l i c a cy o f th e gust a to ry sense is to
e a t very Simple food and to put there ,
o ne,
fo r instan c e who is in the habit
,
M E M O R Y AND H O W T O DE
VELO P IT .
Me m o ry is a c cum u la t e d g e n i u s .
JA M ES R USSELL L O W ELL .
Me m o ry is t he p e rma n e n ce o f p e r
c e p tio n.
— LA T SO N .
HE
value of a n y man to
himself and to the world
at large d epends in g reat
degree upon his mem
—
ory upon his ability to
re c all and to use at any
desired moment the re c olle c tion of
wha t he has seen heard experien ced
, , ,
or though t .
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SECRE TS OF
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SECRE TS OF
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M E N TA L S UP RE M A C Y
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S o we c an s e e that as an asset in
,
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SECRE TS OF
M EM O RY T RA ININ G NOT D I FF I C UL T .
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The mind is like potter s clay it is
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T HE N A TURE O F M EM ORY .
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ME NTAL S UPREMA CY .
“bull $
but it is me r el y a statement of
;
sober fa ct There is n o memory $ there
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,
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ago a faculty of the s oul — a little
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SECRE TS OF
p o we rs of memory if w e d e s i re a
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MEN TAL S UPREMA CY .
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the great se c ret of what is c alled good
memo ry .
o n an introduction to a stran g er I ,
,
I myself frequ ently have presented
,
49
This is merel y the result of a h ab it of
attention to the matter .
T HE B A SI C LA W O F M EM ORY .
applies .
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s top t o look a t the w m do w ; that wil l
merely c onfuse you Take one glan c e .
at it and pass on
, .
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ME N TA L S UPREM A CY .
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SECRE TS OF
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T HE P I C TO RI A L FA C ULTY .
ua l iz in g memories h a s b e e n in some
ME NTAL S UPREMA CY .
izing faculty .
—
try to remember the words yet This .
58
Un i o n a c c o m p lis h e s a ll t hin gs .
S O P H O C LES .
I ha ve o n ly t o t a ke up t his or t ha t t o
fl o o d m y s ou l w i th m e m o ri e s —
.MM E .
D ELU$ Y .
Th e w h o l e a rt o f m e n ta l t ra in in g is
ba s e d up o n t he f a ct t ha t a n y a c ti o n a t
bi tua l . T H O M PS O N JA Y H UDSO N .
Wi t hin t he s e c re t c ha m be rs o f t he
bra in ,
The t h o u gh t s l i e l in k e d by m a n y a
m ys t i c c ha i n .
A w a k e bu t on e, a nd l o , w ha t l e gi on s
Ea ch s t a m ps i t s im a g e as t he o t he r
di e s .
C O W PER .
ME N TA L S UPRE M A C Y .
ASS O C I A TI O N O F I D E AS .
F a ll the operations o f
th e mind the one most
di r e ctly c ondu cive to
mental readiness is the
pow er of associating or
g r ouping ideas The man
.
mind .
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that is a mere kn o wledge of facts
,
or thinking In d ee d I h av e k nown
.
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ME N TA L S UP REM A C Y .
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to be elected king o f P ersia Darius
the Great He recalls to mind the
.
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M E N TAL S UPREMA CY .
H o w ASSO C I A T I O N S A RE M A DE
.
others ?
In trying to give you an intelligible
answer to this question it will first be
necessary to discuss briefly som e thing
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SECRE TS OF
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M E N TA L S UP RE M A C Y .
s o on .
“ —
happened $ Analysis girl o ff ers a p
ple O ut of this analysis I selected the
.
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adage tender as the apple of the eye .
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Bible ; the apple of S odom the fruit ,
$
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by the four mystic sisters t h e Hespe
rides ; t he apple for which P aris ran
his race .
rep l y .
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MENTA L S UP RE M A C Y .
A SSO C I A T I O N A ND M EM ORY .
“
tetus says $ My mind to me a king
dom is . Now first of all we con
$
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We de sire t o possess this sentence to
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C O N SC I OUS A C T I O N B EC O M ES
U N C O N SC I OUS
It is a b e n e fi ce n t l aw of the min d
$and of the body too ,
,
for tha t ma t ter )
that any act after it h a s been repeated
,
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ME N TA L S UPRE M A CY .
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become automatic to do itself without
any sensation of e ff ort sometimes even ,
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pa ragraphs into pages all this takes
time a number of years O nce thor
, .
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asso ciation .
possible value .
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M E N TA L S UP REM A CY .
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Take any object you like a rose a ,
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peculiarities hard cool Sharp heavy , , , ,
opaque elastic
,
.
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This treatment of the obje c t knife $
I M A GI N A TI O N AND H OW TO
C ULTI VA T E IT .
The m in d ca n m a ke s u bs t a n c e and
p p
e o l e p l a n e t s o f i ts o wn —B Y RO N .
The un i ve rs e t o m a n i s bu t a p ro e j
c
t io n 0 f his o wn in n e r c o n s c i o us n e s s .
KA NT .
interesting Without it .
t i o n be fo re i t w a s born i n to a ctua l
b ein g .
in the wo rld .
e n t i o us But f o r s uc h a man or su ch
.
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SECRE TS OF
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empire his empi r e . And he all b u t
succeeds .
a g in a t i o n there c an b e ac c omplished
,
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me a n s t aken to cul ti va te the im ag ina
tion will at the same time ne cessa rily
train and s t rengthen the mentality in
eve ry other dire ction .
—
eason there is not an d neve r will be
anything entire ly new Now as in the .
,
“
days of S olomon $ Ther e is nothing
new under the s un .
-
however new they may seem it is
only the combination that is new The .
I M A G IN A T I O N A ND M EM ORY .
—
that we have forgotten lost out of the
—
cons cious mind c annot be used as
material for an act of imagination .
—
give you as the text books prob ably -
S O M E P RA C T I C A L E $ ERC SES I .
—
tion has much exercise but it is not ,
se lf co m fo rt ab le a n d b egin to rea d .
it is a n e xe rcise Th e n c omes a pe r
.
s o n s a y a man
,
S ee him .I S he tall .
,
s o on for a chapter
, .
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ag a in u n de r Simi l ar ci rcumstances ? In
this exer ci s e b e careful first to s e e
—
, ,
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,
ri o us bi r ds
, the lowing of cattle an d ,
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may i t b e avo i d e d ? T h i s method sh oul d
be followe d with v a rious experien ces .
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M E NTA L S UPREM A C Y .
e rs
, the fresh cut hay in the near b y -
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Upon the lake is a little sailboat c on
t a I n In g a merry party How many ? .
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ME N TA L S UP RE M A CY .
work .
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SECRE TS OF
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MEN TAL S UP REMA CY .
hindran ce .
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This one thing I do said that pro
,
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world all th e se had for their motto
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W H A T IS C O N CEN TRA T I O N ?
Now what is con c entration ? In a
word concentration may be defined a s
,
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you do .
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line or two and t hen suddenly you
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ME N TA L S UPRE M A CY .
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It is very Simple simple but not at ,
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mind o f yours elf R emember what .
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Milton says $ He who is master of
SECRE TS OF
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b eginni n g a n d learn to c on centrate the
attention is the following
S elect some task which while Simp le
, , ,
A s um in addition or multiplication is
well adapted for this purpose Now .
p icture whatever .
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can however resolutely refuse to allo w
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L et me in But no says the trained
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mind . This one thing I do O ne .
1 09
Jame s P rofesso r of Psycho l o gy in
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8 1 1 1 4 et c
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O r b e g in n l n g with 2
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ad d 6 7 9 1 3 o r 1 7 ea ch time e g
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ap pe a r Then b a ckward 9 6 5 2 4 7 ;
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s o on .
9 4 78 5 3 20 1 6 in a c olumn or a
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M E N TA L S UPRE M A C Y .
3 8 95 6 3 7 4 9 7 6 5 etc ; or make c o l l e c
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arranged in a square as 4 8 9 6 4 3 2 5 , ,
9 3 8 4 2 739,
etc It seems incredible ;
.
of twelve or Sixteen .
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ME N TA L S UP RE MA C Y .
PS Y C HO P H Y S I C A L D E V E L O P
-
MENT .
conversation we refer to
t h e individual as if he or
sh e were composed of
three di ff erent elements ,
o mniscient,
omnipotent o mnipresent , ,
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Th e re a re i n fa ct a fe w excepti on al
, ,
and mo vements ‘
S u ch h a rm o n I o uS a c tion on c e a chieved ,
and e xp re s s 1ve n e SS
AS Browning wri te s in Pa r a c e l
$
s us
Wh e re t ru t h a bi de s in f u l ln e s s ; dud
t o kn o w
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SECRE TS OF
“
He says $ There is no more valu
able pre cept in moral education than
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this if we wish to c onquer un de s ir
able emoti o nal tenden c ies in ours elves ,
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MEN TA L S UPREMA CY .
w a rdl y convulsed
$
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it a b l y le a d s to i n j u ry of mi n d a n d body .
R ELA TI O N OF M IN D A ND B OD Y .
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Exe rcis e Nc . 1 .
Ex e rc is e No . 2 .
$Horror .
back in horror .
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are to forget the body entirely to let
—
it g o putting all your attention upon
the imagined situation In this e x e . r
Exe rcis e No . 3 .
$Joy ) .
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Ex e r c i s e Nc 4. .
Guilt ) .
$A cc us at ion ) .
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Va n Winkl e on aw ak ening fr o m his
long Sl e ep Mark Antony in his speech
,
ua t io n s .
of value .
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M E N TA L S UPRE M A C Y .
TH E L O S T A R T S O F C H IL D HO O D .
Ex c e p t y e b e c o n v e r t e d a n d b e c o m e
a s l i t t l e c hi l dr e n y e s ha l l n o t e n t e r i n t o
t he k in gdo m o f h e a ve n . M A TT H EW
1 8, 3 .
Fo r f
0 i
s uc h
s t h e k i n gdo m o f h e a ve n .
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M A T T H EW 19 1 4 ,
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HE
more deeply the man
of science studies the
sayings attributed to
Jesus the S eer of Judea
, ,
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p re vi ou s to the b egi nn i ng of th e Ch ri s
tian e r a there had been a cc omplishe d
al on g lines o f philo s ophi c al physical , ,
and co s m o l o gl c a l resear ch mu ch mo r e
than with all our b oasted erudition has
, ,
No w a s I h av e e xplained elsewhere
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S ECRE TS OF
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ME N TA L S UPREM A C Y .
W HAT A RE T HE L O ST ART S OF
C H I LD H OOD ?
L et us c onsider first some of the
physical characteristics of normal
childhood The healthy child is re
.
ful an d e c on o mi c al s o e c onomi c a l o f
,
is o ne o f the l o s t ar ts o f childhood .
A M ASTER OF T HE DI FF I CULT A RT
OF R EST .
1 34
perf e ct an exp o si tion of the a ctor s c on ’
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Heaven .
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Ex c ept ye be c ome as a little child
no true power physical artisti c intel
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and a little child Shall lead them .
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M E N TA L S UP REMA C Y .
dom of Heave n .
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