THE NAUTILUS. Devoted to the Practical Application o f Mental Science i n Every Day Living. Entered at the Post Office at Sioux Falls, 5. D., as second- class matter, October 9, i8gg. Build thee more stately mansions, oh, my soul, As the swift seasons roll. Leave thy low-vaulted past. Let each new mansion, nobler than thy last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free; leaving thine out-grown shell By life's unresting sea.—Holmes’ “The Nautilus.” VOL. 2. MONTHLY, Fifty Cents a Year. MAY, 1900 . ELIZABETH LOIS STRUBLE, Ramsey Block, Sioux Falls, S. D. No. 7 NOBLESSE OBLIGE. Shall I not work? I, who stand here, in front of human life, And feel the push of all the heavy past Straining against my hand? Immortal life, Eternal, indestructible, the same In flower and beast and savage—now in me— Urges, and urges to expression new! Work? Shall I take from these blind, laboring years Their painful fruit, and not contribute now My share of gifts so easy to our time? Shall I receive so much, support the weight Of age-long obligation, and not turn In sheerest pride and strive to set my matk A little past the record made before? Shall it be said: “ He took from all the world, Of its accumulated, countless wealth, As much as he could hold and never gave! Spiritless beggar! pauper! parasite! Life is not long enough to let me work As I desire; but all the years will hold Shall I pour forth. Perhaps it may be mine To do some deed was never done before, And clear my obligation to the world. —C harlotte P erkins S tetson . ALL IN HIS MIND. Prof. Allen Haddock of San Francisco, is long on phrenology but he is short on mental science. Therefore he has a lot of fault to find with us and “ wants to know, don’t ye know.” Here is what he says in his good magazine '‘Human Nature” for April: limitations to will . “ The veriest nonsense is written by many so- called mental scientists. For illustration—in a mental science magazine which reaches Human Nature office, a writer says ‘ any one can become what he wishes to be.’ “ Further on the writer says ‘ I will be what I will to be ’ which' is another way of saying the same thing. “ It would be interesting if some mental scientist would answer the following questions in such a way as to satisfy common sense people and at the same time make such answers harmonize with such assertions as are quoted above. “ Can anyone become a Shakespeare with a small frontal brain? “ Can one become a Mathematician with a defi- cient development of the organ of Calculation? “ Or can one excel as a Musician with a small development of the organ of Tune. “ Is it possible to be a Constructor with a small organ of Constructiveness, or can a person deficient in the organs of Color, Form and Ideality ever excel as an Artist, Painter or Sculptor? “ When the mental scientist has answered these questions let him contemplate the following state- ments: “ One who is deficient in the organs of language and eventuality can no more become an orator, lawyer or successful preacher than can a man see without eyes. “ 1He that hath ears to hear let him hear,’ but if he have no ears he will find it difficult to hear a pin drop, however strongly he may W ILL to do so. “ The man who does not possess the brain organs which are necessary to accomplish certain purposes cannot bring about the desired results however much will he may put to do the work in hand. “ This is the sole reason why there are so many failures in the world, and these failures are nearly all a result of not understanding phrenology. “ One should consult a practical phrenologist before deciding whether he is capable of doing what he ‘ wills ’ to do. “ It is foolish for a person to try to accomplish something that he is by nature incapable of doing. “ ‘ Men do not gather figs from thistles.’ Some- thing does not come from nothing. “ The will is all right but it must have brain organs to work upon in order to achieve success.” Don’t you know, Professor, that the fellow with j a small frontal brain never wants to be a Shakes- peare? That the boy with Calculation 4 hates mathematics like poison? And the man with Tune 4 would rather break stones than be a musician? [ Did you ever see a man with small Constructive- ness that wanted to be a builder? Phrenology is great but it is not the only means of finding out what a man is good for. Even- man j can find himself out if he will listen to his own desires. A man never desires to be what he cannot be. If he is out of his proper sphere you will find upon close inquiry that it was “force of circumstances” that put him there. He may have large veneration and filial love and listened to his parents’ desires; or mayhap he took the first thing set before him and large caution and small hope and self-esteem prevented his getting out of the wrong workshop. Whatever the combination of circumstances that conspired to corner that man in the wrong work- shop-it-was-not his desire that pat him there or helps to keep him there. A man’s desire agrees always with his phrenolo- gist and his astrologist and his palmist, provided these latter three are good. Desire is the unerring guide as to a man’s capa- bilities. How could it be otherwise? Desire is to the human magnet what the magnetic current is to the horseshoe magnet; the power which draws that which is related to it. And as surely as the mag- net desires the steel so surely will the human mag- net desire that for which it is adapted. And only when there arises an outside force strong enough to prevent will the two be kept apart. “ Circumstances prevent.” And the phrenolo- gist calls those circumstances “ evil” and says that life is because of them “a failure.” Not so. Life is a school for the education of the perfect man. “ Circumstances” compel him to develope the weak points. The poet is compelled to cultivate constructiveness at the carpenter’s trade; the Mary is compelled to be a Martha; the Martha a Mary. W e look on and call it a tragedy, forgetting that Death is but the entrance to another class and that in time we shall pass to endless new classes without using that particular door. We are doing it now. We are waking up to life and its possibilities and passing in a few weeks or months through experiences that occupied a life time only three or four generations ago. We are waking up to the fact that Desire points in the right direction and that in due time we shall attain what we desire—IF— we learn diligently the lessons set us by "circumstances.” “Anyone can become what he wishes to be.” Any man can become what he DESIRES to be. A “ wish” is off the same piece with desire but it is too ephemeral to accomplish much. Desire is innumerable “ wishes” welded into One, so strong that circumstance, “ fate,” “ bumps,” etc. cannot prevail against it. A man is no more limited as to his future by the development of his faculties today than a child is limited by the class he is fit for today. These ologists are too material. They forget that the power which has developed us thus far may develope us still farther. They lose sight of the fact that what a faculty lacks in size may be made up in refinement, by constant exercise. There is positively NO limitation to the develop- ment a man may, by the exercise of W ILL, accom- plish in any faculty. He can be what he WILLS to be—IF— will works with desire. When I was a little girl the desire of my heart was to be a writer-teacher. My front head faculties are all six and seven according to phrenology. That is why I desired such work. But continuity and self-esteem are in a hole in my cranium. I had no confidence in myself and no stick-to-it- iveness. As I developed “common sense” (which is more often materialistic rot) I realized my limitations, sighed dismally and turned to something more within the scope of my ability as seen through “ self-esteem 4,” and an abnormal fear of ridicule. I gave up everything and lived for years with no activity beyond straining daily at two ends that would not meet. If I had been able to stop think- ing, as I tried hard enough to do, heaven knows!— I would have been still straining away, an old woman with wrinkles and white hair. But in the midst of all that straining and striving I actually did what Prof. Haddock affirms cannot be done. I lacked the brain organ of continuity. When I discovered that fact I also discovered a whole Sara- toga full of garments cut out and rolled up; gar- ments partly made; garments planned; but nothing finished. I simply couldn’t stick to anything, you see, because I had no continuity. Prof. Haddock says so. But I didn’t know a thing about that then. I was only about eighteen years old or nineteen, and I didn’t know that I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. And I wanted to learn to stick to things until they were done. Approbativeness made me want to. I set myself to finish up every dud in that trunk before I bought another yard of goods. I didn’t know what a task I was setting myself!—for I dearly loved to buy things. But “ firmness 6 ” and an iron will stood me in good stead and I kept uiy word, though it took several months to do it. After that it was little trouble to nip in the bud every impulse to skip things. I did literally, in the course of a few years, develop the faculty of continuity until I can stick like a leech without a desire to let go. The hole is there in the back of my head yet. Every phrenologist who comes my way puts his finger in it and says ‘ ‘ W hy—ah— 0I1 —you are greatly lacking in continuity and self- esteem! ” But I am not! Don’t you believe it. I’ve done the impossible. I’ve all the continuity and self- esteem I need for myself and 10,000 patients. All those years I never thought of being an editor. I couldn’t, you see— didn’t have the neces- sary nerve to think I could do such work. Then one day along came a first-class phrenolo - gist. He said the same old thing and something else. He said, “ If you had self-esteem and con-
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THE NAUTILUS.Devoted to the Practical Application o f Mental Science
i n Every Day Living.Entered at the Post Office at Sioux Falls, 5. D., as second-
class matter, October 9, i8gg.
Build thee more stately mansions, oh, my soul,As the swift seasons roll. Leave thy low-vaulted past.
Let each new mansion, nobler than thy last,Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free ; leaving thine out-grown shell By life's unresting sea.—Holmes’ “ The Nautilus.”
VOL. 2. MONTHLY, Fifty Cents a Year. M A Y , 1 9 0 0 . ELIZABETH LOIS STRUBLE,
Ramsey Block, Sioux Falls, S. D. No. 7
NOBLESSE O BLIG E.
Shall I not work?I, who stand here, in front of human life,And feel the push o f all the heavy past Straining against my hand? Immortal life,Eternal, indestructible, the sameIn flower and beast and savage—now in m e—Urges, and urges to expression new!Work? Shall I take from these blind, laboring years Their painful fruit, and not contribute now My share of gifts so easy to our time?Shall I receive so much, support the weight Of age-long obligation, and not turn In sheerest pride and strive to set my matk A little past the record made before?Shall it be said: “ He took from all the world,Of its accumulated, countless wealth,As much as he could hold and never gave!Spiritless beggar! pauper! parasite!Life is not long enough to let me work As I desire; but all the years will hold Shall I pour forth. Perhaps it may be mine To do some deed was never done before,And clear my obligation to the world.
— C h a r l o t t e P e r k i n s S t e t s o n .
A L L IN H IS M IN D .P rof. A llen H a d d o c k o f San F ra n cisco , is lo n g
on p h re n o lo g y b u t he is sh ort on m ental scien ce . T h ere fo re h e has a lo t o f fa u lt to fin d w ith us and “ w ants to k n ow , d o n ’ t y e k n o w .” H ere is w hat h e says in h is g o o d m agazin e ' ‘ H u m a n N a t u r e ” fo r A p r il:
l i m it a t io n s t o w i l l .
“ T h e veriest non sense is w ritten b y m an y so - ca lled m ental scientists. F o r illu stra tion — in a m enta l sc ien ce m agazin e w h ich reaches H u m an N ature office, a w riter says ‘ an y on e can b ecom e w hat h e w ish es to b e . ’
“ F u rth er on th e w riter says ‘ I w ill be w h at I w ill to b e ’ w h ic h ' is an oth er w a y o f sa y in g the sam e th in g .
“ It w ou ld be in terestin g i f som e m en ta l scientist w ou ld an sw er th e fo llo w in g qu estion s in su ch a w ay as to satisfy co m m o n sense p eop le an d at the sam e tim e m ake su ch answ ers h arm onize w ith su ch assertions as are qu oted above.
“ Can an y on e b eco m e a S hakespeare w ith a sm all fron ta l brain?
“ Can on e b ecom e a M athem atician w ith a d e fic ien t d eve lop m en t o f the org an o f C alcu lation?
“ O r can o n e e x ce l as a M usician w ith a sm all d ev e lop m en t o f th e org an o f T une.
“ Is it p oss ib le to be a C on stru ctor w ith a sm all o rg an o f C onstructiven ess, o r can a person d efic ien t in the organ s o f C olor , F orm and Id ea lity ever ex ce l as an A rtist, P ainter o r S cu lp tor?
“ W h en th e m ental scientist has answ ered these qu estion s le t h im con tem p la te the fo llo w in g statem ents:
“ O n e w h o is d e fic ien t in the organ s o f lan gu age an d even tu a lity can n o m ore b e com e an orator, la w y er o r su ccessfu l p rea ch er than can a m an see w ith ou t eyes.
“ 1 H e that hath ears to hear le t h im h e a r ,’ bu t i f h e h ave n o ears h e w ill fin d it d ifficu lt to hear a p in d rop , h ow ev er s tro n g ly h e m a y W IL L to d o so.
“ T h e m an w h o d oes n o t possess the brain organ s w h ich are n ecessary t o a cco m p lish certa in purposes can n ot b r in g ab ou t th e desired results h ow ever m u ch will h e m a y p u t to d o th e w o rk in hand.
“ T h is is th e so le reason w h y there are so m an y fa ilu res in th e w orld , and these fa ilu res are n ea rly a ll a result o f n o t u n derstan d in g p h re n o lo g y .
“ O ne sh ou ld con su lt a practica l p h ren o log ist b e fo re d e c id in g w h eth er h e is cap ab le o f d o in g w hat h e ‘ w ills ’ to do .
“ It is fo o lish fo r a p erson to try to a ccom p lish
so m e th in g that h e is b y nature incapable o f d o in g .“ ‘ M en d o n ot g a th er figs from th istles.’ S om e
th in g d oes not com e from n oth in g .“ T h e will is a ll r ig h t bu t it m ust ha ve brain
org a n s to w o rk u p on in o rd e r to ach ieve su ccess .”
D o n ’ t y o u k n ow , P rofessor, that the fe llo w w ith j a sm all fron ta l bra in n ev er wants to b e a S hakespeare? T h a t th e b o y w ith C alcu lation 4 hates m ath em a tics l ik e p o ison ? A n d the m an w ith T une 4 w o u ld rather break ston es than be a m usician? [ D id y ou ever see a m an w ith sm all C onstructiveness that w an ted to b e a bu ilder?
P h re n o lo g y is grea t b u t it is n ot the o n ly m eans o f f in d in g o u t w h at a m an is g o o d for . E v e n - m an j can fin d h im se lf o u t i f h e w ill listen to his own desires.
A m an n ev er desires to b e w h at he can n ot be . I f h e is ou t o f h is p ro p e r sp h ere y o u w ill fin d upon c lo se in q u iry th at it w as “ fo r c e o f c ircu m stan ces” that p u t h im there. H e m a y h a v e large veneration an d filia l lo v e an d lis ten ed to h is parents’ desires; o r m a y h a p h e t o o k th e first th in g set b e fo re h im an d la rg e cau tion an d sm all h o p e an d self-esteem p rev en ted h is g e tt in g o u t o f th e w ron g w ork sh op . W h a tev er the com b in a tion o f c ircu m stan ces that co n sp ired to co rn er that m an in the w ro n g w o r k s h o p - it -w a s -n o t h is desire that p a t h im th ere o r h e lp s to k eep h im there.
A m a n ’s desire agrees a lw ays w ith h is p h r e n o lo g ist and his astro log is t an d h is pa lm ist, p rov id ed these latter th ree are g ood .
D esire is th e u n errin g g u id e as to a m a n ’s cap a b ilit ies . H o w c o u ld it b e otherw ise? D esire is to th e h u m an m agn et w h at the m ag n etic cu rren t is to the h orsesh oe m ag n et; the p ow er w h ich draw s that w h ich is re la ted to it. A n d as su re ly as th e m a g net desires the steel so su rely w ill th e h u m a n m a g net d esire that fo r w h ich it is adapted . A n d o n ly w h en th ere arises an outsid e fo rce s tron g e n ou g h to p rev en t w ill th e tw o b e k ep t apart.
“ C ircu m stan ces p re v e n t.” A n d th e p h r e n o lo g is t ca lls th ose circu m stan ces “ e v il” an d says that life is becau se o f th em “ a fa ilu re .”
N ot so . L ife is a s c h o o l fo r the ed u ca tion o f the p e r fe ct m an. “ C ircu m stan ces” co m p e l h im to d ev e lop e th e w ea k p o in ts . T h e p o e t is c o m p e lle d to cu ltiva te con stru ctiven ess at th e ca rp en ter ’ s tra de ; th e M ary is c o m p e lle d to be a M arth a ; the M arth a a M ary . W e lo o k on and ca ll it a tra ged y , fo r g e tt in g that D eath is bu t the entrance to an oth er class an d that in tim e w e sh all pass to en d less n ew classes w ith ou t u s in g that particu lar d oor.
W e are d o in g it n ow . W e are w a k in g u p to life an d its p ossib ilit ies an d passin g in a fe w w eek s or m on th s th ro u g h ex p er ien ces that o c cu p ie d a life tim e o n ly th ree o r fo u r generations ago .
W e are w a k in g u p to the fa ct that D esire p o in ts in th e r igh t d ire ct ion an d that in due t im e w e shall attain w h at w e d esire— IF — w e learn d ilig e n tly the lesson s set us b y "c ir cu m sta n ce s .”
“ A n y o n e can b e co m e w h at he w ish es to b e .” A n y m an can b e co m e w h at h e D E S IR E S to b e . A “ w ish ” is o ff the sam e p ie ce w ith desire bu t it is to o ephem era l to a ccom p lish m u ch . D esire is in n u m era b le “ w ish es” w e ld ed into O ne, so s tron g that circu m stan ce, “ fa te ,” “ b u m p s ,” etc. cann ot p rev a il against it.
A m an is n o m ore lim ited as to h is fu tu re b y the
d e v e lop m en t o f h is fa cu lties tod a y than a ch ild is lim ited b y th e class h e is fit fo r today .
T h ese o log is ts are to o m aterial. T h e y fo rg e t that th e p ow er w h ich has d e v e lo p e d us thus far m a y d ev e lo p e us s till fa rther. T h e y lose s ig h t o f th e fa ct that w hat a fa cu lty la ck s in size m ay be m ad e u p in refinement, b y con stan t exercise . T h ere is p o s itiv e ly N O lim ita tion to the d ev e lo p m en t a m an m ay , b y th e ex erc ise o f W IL L , a cco m p lish in a n y fa cu lty . H e can b e w h at h e W IL L S to b e— IF — will works with desire.
W h e n I w as a little g ir l th e desire o f m y heart w as to be a w riter-teach er. M y fro n t h ea d fa cu lties are all s ix an d seven a cco rd in g to p h re n o lo g y . T h a t is w h y I desired su ch w ork . B ut con tin u ity an d se lf-esteem are in a h o le in m y cran iu m . I h a d n o con fid en ce in m y s e lf an d n o s t ick -to -it- iveness.
A s I d ev e lop ed “ co m m o n sen se” (w h ic h is m ore o ften m ateria listic r o t ) I realized m y lim itations, s ig h ed d ism a lly an d tu rn ed to som eth in g m ore w ith in th e scop e o f m y a b ility as seen th rou g h “ self-esteem 4 ,” an d an ab n orm a l fea r o f r id icu le . I gave u p ev ery th in g an d liv e d fo r years w ith n o a ctiv ity b e y o n d stra in in g d a ily at tw o en d s that w o u ld n ot m eet. I f I h a d been ab le to stop th in k - in g , as I tried hard e n ou g h to d o , heaven k n ow s !— I w ou ld have been still stra in in g aw ay, an o ld w om an w ith w rin k les an d w h ite hair. B ut in th e m id st o f a ll that s tra in in g an d striv in g I a ctu a lly d id w h at P ro f. H a d d o ck affirm s can n ot be d on e .
I la ck ed the brain org an o f con tin u ity . W h e n I d iscov ered that fa ct I a lso d iscov ered a w h o le Saratog a fu ll o f garm en ts cu t o u t an d ro lle d u p ; g a r m ents p artly m ad e ; g arm en ts p la n n ed ; b u t n o th in g fin ished . I s im p ly c o u ld n ’t s t ick to an y th in g , y o u see, becau se I had n o con tin u ity . P ro f. H a d d o ck says so.
But I d id n ’t k n o w a th in g ab ou t that th en . I was o n ly ab ou t e ig h teen years o ld o r n in eteen , and I d id n ’ t k n ow that I c o u ld n ’t d o w h at I wanted to d o . A n d I wanted t o learn to s t ick to th in g s un til th ey w ere d on e . A p probativen ess m ade m e w an t to .
I set m y se lf to fin ish u p ev ery d u d in that tru nk b e fore I b ou g h t an oth er y a rd o f g o o d s . I d id n ’ t k n o w w hat a task I w as se ttin g m y se lf!— fo r I d ea rly lo v e d to b u y th in g s. But “ firm ness 6 ” an d an iron w ill s tood m e in g o o d stead an d I k ep t u iy w ord , th ou g h it to o k several m on th s to d o it. A fter that it w as little trou b le to n ip in th e bu d ev ery im pu lse to sk ip th in gs. I d id litera lly , in the cou rse o f a few years, d ev e lop th e fa cu lty o f con tin u ity un til I can s t ick lik e a lee ch w ith ou t a desire to let g o . T h e h o le is th ere in the b a ck o f m y head yet. E v ery p h ren o log is t w h o com es m y w a y puts h is fin ger in it an d says ‘ ‘ W h y — ah— 0I1 — y ou are g rea tly la ck in g in con tin u ity and se lfesteem ! ”
But I am n ot! D o n ’t y o u b e liev e it. I ’ve d on e the im possib le . I ’ve a ll th e con tin u ity an d se lfesteem I need fo r m y s e lf an d 10,000 patients.
A ll th ose years I never th ou g h t o f b e in g an ed itor. I c o u ld n ’ t, y ou see— d id n ’ t have th e necessary nerve to th in k I cou ld d o su ch w ork .
T h en on e d a y a lo n g cam e a first-class p h ren o lo g ist . H e said th e sam e o ld th in g an d som eth in g else. H e said , “ I f y o u h a d self-esteem an d con -
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t in u ity y o u w ou ld have m ade y ou r m ark as a w r ite r .”
I w en t out and th ou g h t. T h e m ore X th ou g h t th e m ad d er I g o t. T o th in k an id io t ic little depression in th e ba ck o f m y sk u ll had k ep t m e fro m even try in g to g ra tify m y am bitions!
N o w y ou see i f I h a d k n ow n at that tim e ( it was ju s t a y ear b e fo re I issued V o l . i , N o . i o f T h e N a u Tie u s ) w h at P rof. H a d d o c k th in k s h e k n ow s, I ’d have w ru n g m y h ands an d w ailed “ to o la te .”
Instead , I sa id “ I t ’ s n ever too la t e ” — and w en t to w ork to grow self-esteem as I had g row n c o n tinuity .
A n d I d id it. P ro f. H a d d o c k m ay n ot adm ire the m ark I m ake as an ed itor b u t h e ca n ’ t h e lp ta k in g o ff h is hat to m y b u m p o f self-esteem . It m ay b e litt le ; bu t, oh m y!
A g a in I d eclare u n to y o u there is n o th in g im p oss ib le o f a ccom p lish m en t to h im w h o desires; goes in to W IN ; an d K E E P S A T IT .
O n e sh ou ld con su lt, n o t the p h ren o log ist ; fo r v e r ily h e w ill take y o u r cash an d tell y ou “ y ou ca n ’ t ” ; bu t on e sh ou ld con su lt h is ow n G od -g iv en desires.
“ T h e will IS a lr ig h t ” an d “ m ust have brain organ s to w ork u p on in o rd er to a ch ieve su ccess ” > b u t every m an has every bra in org an . A ll h e n eeds to d o is U S E it. O f course , i f it is on e , o r tw o , o r three, it w ill take m ore use to d e v e lo p it, than if it is fou r o r five.
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P rof. H a d d o ck is o ff about som eth in g else. A n d H e len W ilm an s lik ew ise . T h e y affirm that we m ental scientists w h o d o n ’ t b e lo n g to th e A ssocia t ion and spell ou rselves w ith cap ita l letters, a ttem p t to cu re p o v erty w ith ou t th e s lig h test effort on th e part o f th e patien t! A ll becau se tve g iv e o u r patients cred it w ith “ co m m o n sense ” en ou g h to know w ith ou t con tin u a l h a rp in g , that w h en w e treat fo r “ bu siness s u c c e s s ” wTe speak th e W o rd fo r th e ir su ccess in business, n o t in id leness. S h elton d oes that su b ject u p b row n in last C hristian.
U N IY E K S A L YO U TH .A y o u n g an d bea u tifu l b o d y is th e result o f y o u n g
and bea u tifu l th ou g h t.Never mind the results, th e b o d y . W aste n o
en erg y fre ttin g o v er that. L o v e th e b o d y ; take th e best o f care o f it ; m ak e th e b est o f w h at b ea u ty y ou have.
But set y ou rse lf to grow young menially. S tu d y y ou th in others an d realize it in y ou rse lf, an d y o u w ill soon ev id en ce it. Recall the y o u th that is w ith in y ou . Y es , it is th ere ; b u t y ou h ave le t it g e t ou t o f y o u r th ou g h t. N o w ca ll it u p every t im e y o u th in k o f it. Q u it c a llin g u p o ld ag e to lo o k at an d v ibrate w ith . I t is ju s t as easy to ca ll u p y ou th an d fee l y o u n g as it is to ca ll u p o ld age an d fee l o ld .
Habit is a ll that m akes us d o e ither. I f w e had n o t b een in su ch a h u rry to d o n lo n g sk irts and trou sers; i f w e h a d not h e ld in y ou th the desire to g ro w u p an d b ecom e d ign ified an d “ w ise ” — save th e m a rk !— w e w o u ld have stayed y o u n g a lo t lon g er .
W e h e ld in m in d the p ictures o f grow n -u p -n ess u n til w e form ed that hab it o f m in d . W e h ave a b a d h a b it o f g ro w in g o ld .
B ut w h at o f th a t? T h e fo r m in g o f that habit w as an easy an d “ n atu ra l” th in g , an d it is ju st as easy an d natural to fo rm an oth er h a b it o f g row in g y o u n g .
A ll h ab its are fo rm ed b y ceaseless repetition . T h e h a b it o f th in k in g the th ou gh ts o f age and death has m ade us lo o k o ld .
W e let that habit fo rm g rad u a lly w h ilst w e were fa r m ore firm ly fix ed in the h a b it o f y ou th . W h ilst w e w ere y e t y o u n g w e th ou g h t ourseives o ld and un der great bu rdens and responsib ilities. T h ose fa lse ideas usurped ou r m ental fields and filled us w ith them selves.
W e ll, w h at o f it ? W e d o n ’ t lik e su ch ideas, n or the results, it is true. But w h at o f it ? W e d id it ou rse lves becau se w e d id n ’ t k n o w an y better. W e k n ow how w e d id it; b y k e e p in g su ch p ictu res in th ou g h t. W e are tired an d s ick an d d isgu sted w ith th e p ictures.
Well, why then do we keep on looking at them? W h a t b lessed ch u m p s w e are!
B ut w e are lea rn in g ; and even n o w w e h ave d isca rd ed h u n d red s o f these h id eou s o ld w eep in g - w illo w an d w eep in g -w id ow p ictu res an d rep la ced th em wdth th ose o f p retty ch ild ren an d rosy cup ids. T o b e su re w e stand g a z in g an d s ig h in g as yet, an d e x c la im , “ I f I had o n ly k n ow n years a g o ; n ow it it is t o o late— to o la te !”
B ut k e e p o n g a z in g , Sw eethearts. Y o u ’ l l fo rg e t b y an d b y to s ig h . Y o u w ill g e t in terested m ore an d m ore w ith the h a p p y , care -free ch ild ren an d th e ro sy cu p id s an d y ou w ill fo rg e t all ab ou t y o u r g ra y ha irs a n d w rin k les an d lo n g , b la ck d raperies.
Y o u w ill g e t IN T E R E S T E D in y ou th an d lov e , an d fe e l at o n e w ith them . Y o u w ill b e y o u n g an d h a p p y w ith them , and free o f resp on sib ility . Y o u w ill fe e l that all the w or ld is sw eet, an d it is y ou rs to lo v e in and e n jo y an d h e lp m a k e still sw eeter. A n d y o u w ill en ter in to th e pursuits an d p leasures o f y ou th an d lov e , an d b e g la d w iththem .
A n d som e d a y w h en y o u are h a v in g a g a y little fr o l ic w ith th e lads and lassies an d th e litt le ro sy g o d s , y o u w ill happen up in fron t o f th e lo n g ch e - v a l m irror an d ca tch a g lim p se o f som eb od y .
A n d y o u ’ ll start, and stop in th e fr o lic , an d stare w id e -ey ed . F o r y ou w o n ’t k n o w y ou rse lf fr o m the o th er la d s a n d lassies!
You will have grown to be l ik e that o f w h ich y o u h ave lo n g been th in k in g — y ou th , life, L O V E . Y o u r eyes w ill sh in e an d y o u r h a ir w ill b e b r ig h t as in that o th er tim e w’h en y o u p la y ed w ith the ch ild ren . Y o u r ch eek s w ill b e rou n d an d rosy , and, w on d er o f w on d ers! th e lo n g , b la ck sw a th in g robe w ill have been transm uted in to som eth in g sh ort an d lig h t an d lovely '.
A n d , j o y o f jo y s ! the L I F E that an im ates y'ou w ill be as b r ig h t as in o th er d ays w 'hen y o u troop ed w ith y ou th an d lo v e ; y o u r li fe w’i l l b e as y o u n g asth en , bu t in fin ite ly m ore abundan t, an d F R E E as o n ly life is free.
Y o u fo rg o t that li fe is as y o u n g tod a y as it was w h en first the W O R D w as u ttered . Y o u fo r g o t that Y O U are L IF E , an d that w ith y o u is neither b e g in n in g n or en d o f days. Y o u fo r g o t ; that is all.
A n d n ow y ou are remembering!Y o u are in sp ired b y m y p ictu re . Y o u breathe
in — in-spire— L IF E th rou g h g a z in g u p on it.W e ll, gaze, Sw eethearts. I t is n o flee tin g v ision .
It is p rop h etic . K n o w y o u n o t that I A M the p rop h et o f G od , an d that w h at I p rop h esy com es to p ass? Y es ! an d even n ow th ere are g ra y lo ck s , and w rin k led fa ces an d b la ck robes that th e w orld shall see transm uted as I have prop h esied .
N ever m in d th e signs, Sw eetheart. T h ere sh all n o signs be g iv en y o u . Get absorbed in the pictures o f w hat y ou desire. A ll th e p ro p h e cy is b e in g fu lfilled . ___________________________
ONE T H IN G AT A TIME.“ N early a m on th s in ce I jo in e d the S u ccess C ir
c le . N oth in g startlin g has o ccu rred , b u t on e or tw o th ings cause m e to re jo ice . T h ere is a feeling against h o ld in g fo r financial success. T o m e su ccess m eans so much m ore , an d i f I g e t that w h ich I fee l I need, the o th er w ill c om e as n e e d e d .”
T h e w om an w h o w rote these lin es is a re form er, an d lik e 99 ou t o f ev ery 100 re form ers, hea lers an d teachers, p oor as J o b ’ s tu rk ey . I have th em o n m y list b y scores, all w an tin g m on ey , an d ev ery on e w ith that “ fe e lin g against h o ld in g fo r fin ancia l su ccess .”
O h , y e g od s ! w h en are w e g o in g to g e t r id o f the id io t ic o ld hab it o f th in k in g money is a ‘ ‘necessary e v il” ; a “ filth y lu c r e ” ; som eth in g w e h ave to stoop to g e t; som eth in g w e all con fess is m ig h ty g o o d
a fter it is g o t , b u t w h ic h w7e are ash am ed to go a fter ?
W a k e u p an d K N O W th at m o n e y is G O O D — so g o o d that th ere is n o th in g b e tte r in th e w h o le universe. I t is as w e ll w orth w o r k in g fo r as beauty is W'orth w o r k in g fo r ; o r “ sou l cu ltu r e ” ; or the w o r ld ’ s re -fo rm in g . W h a t w ill d o m ore toward r e fo rm in g th e w o r ld than a g o o d in c o m e ? Listen to G e o rg e M cD o n a ld :
‘ ‘The best that I can do for the great World, is the best that I can do for This, my world. What truth may be therein Will pass beyond my narrow circumstance In Truth’s own right. The world is in God’s hands: This part in mine."
I c a n ’ t d o a b e tter t h in g fo r th is m y w or ld , than to concentrate m y en erg ies u p o n d o in g w h at my w o r ld wants m e to d o ; i. e ., w h a t m y w o r ld is willing to pay me for doing.
T h e w o r ld is rea d y to p a y fo r th at w h ic h it rea lly wants, rea d y an d eag er to d o it. T h e n why n o t s tu d y the w o r ld ’s w an ts an d d o som eth in g it values, in stead o f sp en d in g m y d a y s a n d energies in d o in g w h at th e w o r ld — m y w o r ld — w ants as a free g i f t o r n o t at a ll. W h y cast m y pearls of th o u g h t an d act b e fo re p e o p le t o b e cast aside as “ c h e a p ” an d tra m p led u n d er fo o t , w h ils t I am left in rags to starve ?
You may measure your value to the world by money. You receive in money exactly what you are worth to your generation. D o n ’ t fo rg e t it. M ost o f y o u are m ig h ty sm all value.
B ut it is y o u r fa u lt an d n o b o d y ’ s e lse , fo r the world accepts you at your own valuation and pays you as you direct it to. A n d y o u h a v e a “ feelin g aga in st h o ld in g fo r fin an cia l su cce ss ” beca u se it is b o rn in th e m in d an d b re d in th e b o n e th at y'ou “ m ust b e g o o d fo r n o th in g ” , as th e w'ise m am m a to ld th e little to t w h o w a n ted a b r ib e fo r being g o o d ; an d that y o u m u st n o t b e g o o d fo r m on ey .
W ith th is id ea in m in d th e M a ry ’ s o f th e w orld (th e M arth as are a ll g o o d fo r money, tn try one) l iv e in th e c lou d s an d try fro m that p e rch to refo rm th e w or ld . W h e n th e y g e t g o o d an d hu ngry th e y c o m e d o w n o ff th e ir p e rch a n d d o so m e very co m m o n p ie ce o f d ru d g e ry fo r a cru st o f b read and som e d u d s that M arth a w 'outd n o t d isg ra ce her w o r ld b y w earin g .
V e r ily I say u n to y ou , M arth a d oes b e tter b y her w o r ld than M a ry ev er can un til sh e c o m e s right d ow n in to it an d la y s a fou n d a tion o f s o lid g o ld or 16 to 1 s ilver.
M ary d o n ’ t lik e th e p rosp ect. S h e p re fers theo r iz in g an d le c tu r in g o th er p e o p le w h o can g e t all the th eories th e y w an t free g ra tis ; she p re fers that to con su ltin g th ose sam e p e o p le ’ s “ p h y s ica l des ires” an d d o in g so m e th in g th e y w an t d o n e w ell e n ou g h to p a y for .
I f it w ere n o t fo r p ov erty , b lessed b e n e fa cto r and gu ard ian an g e l o f M ary , sh e ’d soar in to th e clouds l ik e an y o th er lig h tw e ig h t an d n ev er c o m e back an y m ore , p o o r th in g .
P ov erty co m p e ls h er to g e t in an d d ig alon gside o f M arth a. Then sh e b eg in s to b ea u tify an d better her w orld .
A ll these p o v erty -s tr ick en h ea lers an d teachers ha ve a “ fe e lin g a g a in st” d o in g w h at th e y must do — m ak e th em selv es v a lu a b le in dollars and cents. E v e ry o n e n eed s to g o in to W IN o n th at line, concentrating fo r a t im e ev ery en e rg y an d a ll h is tim e to th e on e en d , business success. H e is w eak at that p o in t an d concentration o f e n e rg y is required to s tren gth en h is w eak p o in t . H is s tro n g points w ill tak e care o f th em selves.
* * * * *W h a t is the m ost im p orta n t requ is ite o f success
in A N Y line ? Thought-control; w ith w h ich there is nothing im p oss ib le o f a ccom p lish m en t, and w ith ou t w h ich m an is bu t th e p la y th in g o f environm ent.
M an ga in s con tro l o f h is th o u g h t b y putting it where he chooses, an d rep ea tin g th e op era tion until it is easy to d o .
M ary , put thy thought, all th y th ou g h t, into business un til th ou g h canst prove "tliy th ou g h t-con tro l in dollars and cents Then th ou w ilt be F R E E to g o w h ere th ou ch oosest.
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— ‘ ‘ T h a n k s to y o u I can stand to d o a b ig g e r d a y ’s w ork n ow than fo r a lo n g t im e .”
— I w ill speak th e W O R D fo r y o u fo r n oth in g .I w ill answ er letters fo r from on e to ten d o lla rs each .
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— A c o p y o f “ G ov ern m en t an d L aw s o f the F raternities o f F a ith ists” w ill be sen t free to an y address u p on a p p lica tion to E d w in D. W ard , F ru itla n d , Cal.
— K a te A tk in son B oeh m e in “ A nsw ers to C orre sp o n d e n ts ,” in h er M a rch and A p ril issues o f “ R ad ian t C en tre” g iv es a sp len d id , practica l e x p o s ition o f the la w o f op u len ce .
— M r. F o o l-k ille r , k in d ly perm it m e to ca ll y ou r atten tion to tw o p e o p le w h o h ave recen tly returned papers to ine w ith ou t a w ord to in d ica te w h o w ants the p ap er stopp ed .
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“ Ju dicia l A sp ects o f M ental T h era p eu tics” is a rep rin t o f an ab le a rticle re cen tly p u b lish ed in M in d . Its au th or is J. E liza beth H otch k iss , A . M . P h . D , 39 E ast 50th S treet, N ew Y o rk .
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— “ L ov e , S ex , Im m o rta lity ,” is a gran d little b o o k b y W . P. P h e lo n , M . D ., 509 V an N ess A v e ., San F ra n cisco . I th in k th e p rice is tw en ty -five cen ts, an d I ad v ise ev ery reader o f T h e Nautilus to sen d fo r it.
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“ S u g g estive T h era p eu tics” is g ro w in g in in terest. T h e e d ito r 's “ C ure o f A lco h o lism ” is p ra ctica l, c o m m o n sen se; to b e con tin u ed . J. H . L in g o , M . D ., in A p r il n u m b er expatiates u p on “ T h e F a lla cy o f D ru g s .” A n d th ere are a lo t m ore in terestin g a rticles t o o nu m erou s to m ention .
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■— “ I ha ve tried w ill p ow er , hu stlin g , c lo se a p p lica tion , th e d ire ct ion o f d isem b od ied spirits, and variou s o ccu p a tion s ; all to n o purpose I d o n ’t s u cc e e d .”
W h e n y o u make up your mind to w in ; settle d ow n to on e p u rp ose ; an d slick to it ; y o u w ill te ll a d ifferen t story .
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— “ Y o u d o n ’ t k n o w h ow m u ch g o o d y o u have d on e m e. U n til m y fr ien d to ld m e a b ou t y o u I w as a lw ays ta k in g m ed icin e an d now , th an k s to G o d an d y o u r teach in g , I am n ea rly w ell. M y bu siness as w e ll as m y h ea lth is im p ro v in g . D o n ’ t y o u th in k that is g o o d ? ”
Y e s ; an d it w ill be still better th an k s to you and m y W O R D .
— It takes a fo o l o r a knave to guarantee a cure. I A M neither. M y W O R D responded to w ill g ro w a n y th in g sh ort o f an am putated leg . I w o u ld n ’ t w o n d e r i f it d oes that som e d ay . I sp eak the W O R D w ith g rea t p ow er. I f y o u v ibrate w ith m y W O R D y o u w ill g e t w ell. I f n o t , y o u w o n ’ t C om e to m e i f y o u w ant to. Be y o u r ow n ju d g e . I d o n ot even ask y ou to try m e. I f y ou w rite m e sen d at least a d o lla r i f y ou w7an t y o u r letter answ ered.
— “ A m an a fter fou rteen years o f h a rd A scetism in a lo n e ly forest obtain ed at last th e p ow er o f w a lk in g on the w aters O v er joy ed at th is acqu isit ion , h e w en t to h is teacher an d to ld h im o f h is grea t feat. A t th is the m aster rep lied , ‘M y p oor b o y , w h at th ou hast a ccom p lish ed a fter fou rteen years o f ard u ou s la b or ord in ary m en d o the sam e b y p a y in g a p e n n y to the b o a tm a n .’ R a m a - k r i s h n a .
T h ere is a te x t fo r a lo n g serm on w h ich I w ill n o t w rite. T a k e the tex t into th e s ilen ce an d let the sp irit p rea ch the serm on.
— “ H a ve been ex p ectin g an d h a lf h o p in g to hear y ou are in ja il ; fo r it is b e co m in g d isgra cefu l to be out, o r not to have been in G a lileo , B runo, P aine, H e y w o o d , T ra in , H arm an, T h orea n , M ilfo rd , an d n ea rly ev ery ou e else w ith brains en ou g h fo r a b oa con str ictor , heart for a h y en a o r sou l fo r a sh oat has b een in . I t is ju st as E m erson decla res : ‘T h e w or ld has n ever been w illin g that its best
m en sh o u ld l iv e . ’ T h e y c ru c ify ev ery saint an d c ro w n ev ery son o f a gu n . W e w ill ch a n g e the p rog ra m . G o o d lu c k ! L o n g life !! S in cere ly y o u rs ” , — C. E . N ., B oston .
— T h e case again st m e b y the fed era l au th orities h ere fo r th e m a ilin g o f a lleg ed ob scen e m atter is settled fo r a ll tim e. T h a t p articu la r issue o f The Nautilus can n ev er g iv e m e m ore trou b le becau se the in d ic tm en t cov ered the m a ilin g o f the w h o le issue. A n d n o o th er issue o f The Nautilus w ill cause a rep etition o f events becau se, un til th e G reat A m erica n V o te r learns e n ou g h to m ak e h im b u ry the “ H o ly F athers o f the A m erican In q u is it io n ,” an d p ro te ct teachers o f s e x o lo g y , I sh all con fin e m y p u b lic tea ch in g s strict ly to S om eth in g E lse .
— T h e secret o f su ccess is in con cen tra tion o f th ou g h t. T h ere fo re I treat th e S u ccess C ircle fo r bu siness su ccess o n ly . Its m em bers rece ive m y W O R D fo r O N E P U R P O S E . A ll th is con cen tra tion o f th o u g h t u p on O N E T H IN G creates an a lm ig h ty an d d a ily in crea s in g v ibra tion w h ich is b rea k in g u p th e o ld con d ition s o f p ov erty and fa ilu re , an d tra n sform in g in to op u le n ce m in d , b o d y an d en v iron m en t o f a ll w h o are in con ju n ct io n w ith m e th ro u g h th e S u ccess C ircle . 'W hile I d o n ot treat d ire c t ly fo r hea lth , y e t ev ery m em b er is ben efited in h ea lth . S u ccess v ibra tion s are hea lth g iv in g . A b ou t fou r-fifth s o f the w o r ld ’s invalids n eed n o th in g b u t su ccess treatm ents an d interests to hea l them .
— M ental S c ien ce— sp e lled w ith caps— is to have an institu tion o f lea rn in g . “ T h e S cien tific , P h ilo s o p h ic an d E th ica l S c h o o l o f R esea rch ” o f Seabreeze, F la ., has been granted a charter. L ots are se llin g , b u ild in g s are sp rou tin g , an d in less than n o t im e H elen W ilm a n s , C ol. P ost, et al, w ill b e tea ch in g the y o u n g idea h ow to sh oot. But shades o f P on ce d e L eon an d B row n -S eq u a rd ! th at ’ s n o th in g new . T h e y h ave been tea ch in g th e y o u n g id ea , lo , these m an y days, w ith g ra n d an d g ro w in g success. H a v in g fou n d w h at the o th er fe llow s c o u ld n ’ t fin d— the fou n ta in o f perpetual y o u th — th ey w ill k e e p r ig h t o n teach in g . I f I had h a lf a d ozen o r so sm all fry , I sh ou ld te legrap h fo r a lo t o r tw o an d cam p r igh t a lon gs id e that n ew s ch o o l. Success to ’ em , b less ’ em .
— “ T h is com p a n y is on e o f the results o f y o u r h arm on iou s v ib ra tion s” w rites the p residen t o f the n ew Success O il C om p an y recen tly in corp ora ted in C aliforn ia fo r the d eve lop m en t o f o il w ells at S um - m erland . C apita l s to ck $1,000,000. O ffice, 217 South B roadw ay, L os A n g eles , Cal. M r. Y o u n g , the presiden t, w rites fu rth er : “ T h is com p a n y , from its in cep tion to the present, has b een carried strictly o n the lin es o f the N ew T h ou gh t. E v ery th in g has com e to us in th e s ilen ce . O u r dem on strations h ave been beau tifu l an d are b e c o m in g m ore so the fu rth er w e progress. A ll the m em bers o f th e c o m p an y are in fu ll a cco rd w’ith th e N ew T h ou g h t, an d fu ture actions w ill be a lo n g the sam e lines. ”
T h at is a com p a n y I sh a ll take s to ck in r igh t aw ay o ff qu ick . It is a lread y su ccess. S en d f o r a p rospectu s an d y ou w ill take s to ck too . Y o u can g e t a share fo r a d o lla r now , bu t it w ill rise sh ortly .
— B efore m e is a sw eet le tter o f c o m fo rt from D r. A lice B. S tock h a m . S h e says; “ B less y ou r dear heart, d id y ou n eed th is G ethsem ane?” B less y ou , A lice , I h a v en ’ t even been in s ig h t o f G ethsem an e! A ll that I le ft b eh in d years a g o . T h ere is n o a g on y w h ere I A M . T h ere is p eace, jo y , V IC T O R Y ! L ik e heaven an d h e ll, G ethsem an e is n ot a p lace , b u t a condition. T h e p ath that m an }7 an oth er has trod in pain , regret an d lam entation , I have trave led in p eace an d jo y — a so n g in m y heart and a sm ile in m y eyes. N o b itter cu p has been pressed to m y un w 'illin g lip s , an d n o “ I f it b e p ossib le let th is cu p pass from m e ” has been the c ry o f m y heart. O f m y ow n free w ill w 'ent I to p rison , and m y sou l is fu ll o f su b lim e exa ltation , an d p ow er su ch as I have never b e fo re realized. W h y ? B ecause I have proved that it is heaven w here I A M .
— A ll w h o d id n ot read The Nautilus last year sh ou ld send tw en ty -fiv e cents Tor “ T h e C onstE m tion o f M a n .”
l anadeaL sta n d p o in L . M rs.
4 THE NAUTILUS
— “ Y o u d o n ot say w h eth er w e o f the Success C ircle are to report every m on th as in specia l treatm ent, o r not. T h e W O R D is b eg in n in g to m aterialize fo r m e . ”
W h e n y ou have som eth in g sp ecia lly g o o d to report then w rite m e. E x p e c t n o answ er e x ce p t in the s ilence, o r m ayh ap in T h e N a u t i l u s .
— I h ave been in ja il. W h ile there I received scores o f the k in d est letters im ag in ab le from o ld friends an d new . T h e y w arm ed m y heart and m ade m e lo v e m ore ; th ey m ad e m e happ y . T h ose friends h e lp ed to m ake heaven fo r m e, n ot a lone fo r th irty days bu t fo r as lo n g as m em ory shall last. I c ou ld n ot answ er those letters; there are to o m any. But I w ant to than k each w riter fo r a d eep pleasure. I have n ot even k n ow n fo r a m in u te th e n eed o f fr ien d ly sy m p a th y and a id , so free ly has it a ll been o ffered m e. It tou ch es m y heart d eep ly .
— “ W h a t is the d ifferen ce betw een y ou r W O R D and y ou r w ords?”
T h e d ifference betw een the substance and the sh a d ow ; betw een life and death. T h e W O R D is the life o f all w ords ; it in clu d es a ll w ord s ; bu t it is silent, unseen, om n ip oten t, om n ip resen t. O n ly he w h o is in fin ite ly still can k n o w the W O R D . W ord s are fo r the d irection o f the restless, the n o isy , tow ard the center w ith in them selves, the th ron e o f the W O R D O M N IP O T E N T . W o rd s are th e c ircu m feren ce o f w h ich T H E W O R D is the cen ter; w ords are the rays o f th e W O R D SU N . T h e W O R D is the concentration o f a ll w ords. C oncentration is L IF E ; d iffu sion is death . T h e nearer th e W O R D on e lives, th e few er h is w ord s in p rop ortion to the am oun t o f w isd om h e d issem inates. T h ere fore m y p ap er is multum in parvo. M y aim is, n o t to m u ltip ly m y w ords b u t to put more into them. A n d I A M success.
— ‘ ‘I f I w ere y o u I w o u ld cu ltiva te th e S P IR IT o f op u len ce A s soon as y ou have d eve lop ed that spirit in y ou rse lf success will come. L E T N O T H IN G D IS C O U R A G E Y O U . T R U S T y o u r ow n I A M , and take advantage o f ev ery op p o r tu n ity to stren gth en y ou rse lf. D o the nearest th in g at h a n d willingly, an d expect success, n o m atter w h at the appearances are. Y o u are s im p ly lo o k in g at the shadow instead o f th e lig h t . A s lo n g as y o u th in k o f y ou rse lf as a fa ilu re, as lo n g as y o u fo r on e instant th in k y ou rse lf in “ h ard lu c k ,” y o u are h o ld in g ju st th ose con d ition s to y o u . L E T G O T H E V IB R A T IO N S O F P O V E R T Y , an d th ey w ill le t g o o f y ou I am try in g it an d I k n ow . T h ere is n o “ lu c k .” A ll is g ov ern ed t o a h a ir ’s b read th b y im m u tab le law . “ A s y e sow so sh a ll y e re a p .” S ow p o v erty th ou g h ts an d y o u reap a' harvest o f p overty . D o n ’ t pinch y o u r M on ey . L iv e w ith in y o u r in com e , bu t w h en y ou do spend , b less y o u r m on ey an d let it g o F R E E L Y . T h at w ill loosen the g r ip o f the p ov erty v ibration s, and le t a litt le op u len ce flow in to y o u r con sc iou sn ess .— W i l l i a m E . T o w n e .
— “ I w ant to b e freed from th e im pu lse , to be d ictatoria l an d fa u ltfin d in g ; esp ecia lly w ith the ch ild ren . I w ant to ad ju st m y s e lf an d ga in se lf- c on tro l b u t I seem la ck in g in w ill fo r c e .”
A n y hum an b e in g has w ill fo r c e en ou g h to a ccom p lish a n y th in g h e desires. It is n o t la ck o f w ill p ow er that ails p eop le , b u t ig n ora n ce o f h ow to use it. D o y o u rem em ber h o w y o u g r ip p e d the h a n d le bars w h en first y o u rod e a w h eel? E v ery n erve and m u scle was taut an d tense an d in spite o f a ll y o u r e ffort y o u fa iled t o m anage y o u r w h eel. W a s it from la c k o f m uscular force? N o ; o n ly fro m useless expen d itu re . A fter a tim e y ou held th e bars v ery l ig h t ly bu t alertly. T h e first prin c ip le o f r ig h t use o f w ill p ow er is let go. R e lax . Q u it g r itt in g y o u r teeth . Q u it try in g to make th in g s com e to pass. Be qu iet and K N O W . T h en m ov e g e n t ly and y ou w ill see th in g s happen. * * W h e n y o u fin d Jack an d N ellie up to m isch ie f the first th in g to d o is to let th em d o it. B y that tim e y o u w ill have ga in ed con tro l ov er yourself. T h en p oss ib ly y ou m ay b e able to d o som eth in g tow ard con tro llin g them . Y o u w ill never d o it b y bluster and sharp com m an ds and b low s ; n or b y “ sh ow in g
th em th e ir fa u lts .” But i f y o u w ill b e s till lo n g en ou g h to find your own heart y o u can ga in their con fid en ce an d w in their w ills.
— “ W h ile m y sou l is in literature m y b o d y is com p e lle d to en g a ge in carpen try to k eep sou l an d b o d y togeth er . I have n o lo v e fo r it F u rth erm ore I h a v e b een la id up all w in ter w ith rh eu m atism so that I ca n n ot even w o rk at m y trade. ”
N o w on d er ; y o u are a h ou se d iv id ed against itself. Y o u are cross ey ed . Y o u are try in g to d o tw o th in g s at a t im e an d y o u are th ere fore a fla t fizzle. D o on e th in g o r the o th er w ith all y o u r sou l. Y o u h a v e th e p ow er to ch oose . I f y ou ch oose p o e tr y y o u w ill starve t o d eath . P oetry is y o u r s tron g p o in t , b u t circumstances are co m p e ll in g y o u to strengthen your weak points. Y o u are a M a ry na tu ra lly . N o w y ou are b e in g fo rced to cu ltiva te th e M arth a s id e o f y o u . Y o u r c ircu m stances are ju s t w h a t th ey sh ou ld b e to k e e p y o u from g r o w in g m ore on e -s id ed . Y o u d id n ’t k n o w that, so y o u fre tted an d stew ed and gen erated th e ac id o f rheu m atism . T h ere fore th is is thus. N o w quit. Put your soul, your thought, your mind, your poetry into your carpentry. Get interested in y o u r w ork . S ee h o w m u ch beauty an d u tility , h o w m u ch sou l a n d p oe try , y o u can p u t in to each p ie ce o f w ork . G E T IN T E R E S T E D in e x c e llin g y o u r se lf an d all past record s. G o in , sou l an d m in d as w e ll as b o d y , t o build success. Y o u can d o it. A fter a little , b e tter p a y in g w ork w ill c om e to you . Y o u w ill attract m o n e y becau se y o u w ill have b eg u n to p u t y o u r beautifu l sou l in to som eth in g that s o m e b o d y is w illin g to p a y fo r . T h e reason n o b o d y w ants to p a y fo r y o u r p oetry is becau se it is th e fru it o f a on e-s ided , im practica l, un balan ced , u n con tro lled nature. D rop p oetry u n til y o u ha ve a tta in ed fsu ccess in the lin e in d ica ted , u n til y o u have d e v e lop ed th e practica l sid e o f y ou . Then y o u w ill b e ab le t o w rite som eth in g th e w o r ld w ill listen to an d p a y y o u for . Jesus served a g o o d m an y years at th e carp en ter ’ s b e n ch b e fo re h e set the w o r ld afire. I f y ou can see th e p o in t, an d p u t y o u r w h o le W IL L in to th e p ra ctice , y o u w ill sh orten th e tim e in th is particu lar class in the s ch oo l o f life .
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