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As A Man Thinketh
As A Man Thinketh
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As a Man
Thinketh
James
Allen
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James Allen
1908
Sheldon University Press
Chicago Illinois
Books by James Allen
From Poverty to Power ; or the Realization
of Prosperity and Peace. 200 pages.
58 SERENITY
AS A MAN THINKETH
If one endure
In purity of thought, joy follows him
As his own shadow — sure.
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EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON
CIRCUMSTANCES
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sufferings apart from vicious inclina
tions, or ascending into virtue and its
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pure happiness without the continued
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cultivation of virtuous aspirations ; and
he man, therefore, as the lord and master
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of thought, is the maker of himself, the
of shaper and author of environment.
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Even at birth the soul comes to its own ,
and through every step of its earthly
pilgrimage it attracts those combinations
of conditions which reveal itself, which
are the reflections of its own purity and
impurity, its strength and weakness.
Men do not attract that which theywant,
but that which they are. Their whims,
fancies, and ambitions are thwarted at
every step, but their inmost thoughts
and desires are fed with their own food,
be it foul or clean . The "divinity that
shapes our ends" is in ourselves; it is our
very self. Man is manacled only by him
self : thought and action are the gaolers
of Fate — they imprison , being base ; they
are also the angels of Freedom — they
liberate, being noble. Not what he
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As A MAN THINKETH
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CIRCUMSTANCES
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EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON
HEALTH AND THE BODY
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THOUGHT AND PURPOSE
44
THE THOUGHT - FACTOR IN
ACHIEVEMENT
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As A MAN THINKETH
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VISIONS AND IDEALS
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As A Man THINKETH
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SERENITY
THE END
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Reservoirs of Power
Such are these little masterpieces of James Allen
filled to the brim with wisdom and inspiration
from one of the foremost of English writers.
AS A MAN THINKETH
Fills one with new hope and ambition by showing that a
man may make himself what he wills by thinking right. A
revelation of the wonderful power of right thinking as a means
to right living and anaid to achievement.