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CHARACTER BUILDING BY MENTAL CONTROL. Man can make of himself what he will—Regeneration no idle dreaam—A living truth—Strong faculties made stronger, weak faculties devel- oped—The new “Regenerator’—The Law of Mental Control—The new path through the woods—Making yourself over—To break up old thought habits and form new ones—The four great methods— Force of Will—Hypnotic Suggestion—Auto-Suggestion—Thought Absorption—Ideal treatment—Full instruction in the theory of each of the four methods, showing their respective advantages and disad- vantages, with illustrations of each—How to acquire a desired quality of mind—The practice of Thought Absorption—Practical exercises and directions—Exercises 1 to 6—You are your own mas- ter—Make of yourself what you will.

The student who has read the preceding lessons has doubtless said, after reading some of the statements contained therein, “Yes, that is all trne enough, and I could accomplish these results <7 I but possessed the necessary qualities of mind and character.”

This seems to be the great stumbling block to many. They know just what is necessary to produce Success, but because they do not possess just the characteristics of the successful man, they fancy that the prize is beyond their reach. ‘There is no greater mistake in the world than this false belief, this kind of fear thought, this lack of recognition of the power of the I AM.

Man can so mould his mind by the power of the will that he can make of himself practically what he will. He can “make over” himself, without a doubt. A man is just what he wills himself to be. This is a bold statement, but it is absolutely true and we have hundreds of instances of it in every city in this land.

Hun- dreds of men can testify to its correctness, and many hundreds of others are on the road. Regeneration is no idle dream. It is a living truth. : De way a eee ES f= OTA 2) CHARACTER BUILDING BY MENTAL CONTROL. %3 You will realize just what this means, if you will stop to con- sider that every effect has its cause.

Business success is due to cer- tain qualities of mind, character or temperament. Of these three qualities, the first is the only real one, as the last two are but the results of the first. Those who have the given qualities, produce the given result; those lacking the said qualities, fail to obtain the result.

When once you realize that these qualities are within your grasp—that you can make them a part of yourself, you will readily see that wonderful possibilities are open to you. The acquirement of these qualities is the key to the situation.

You know just what these necessary qualities are: Energy, Ambition, Determination, Courage, Confidence, Perseverance, Patience, Prudence, and the rest of the list. All persons possess some of these qualities, and lack others. Some are strong in some of these qualities, and weak in others.

And every man instinctively knows in just what respect he falls short. He may not admit it to his friends, or even to his wife, but deep down in his inner consciousness lurks the knowledge of the truth. If he could acquire the missing qualities by a mere wish, he would know just what to wish for.

No doubt about that. But he lacks the confidence and perseverence thought to be necessary for the acquirement of that which he knows he needs. He is not willing to pay the price of attainment. If some great scientist would announce to the world thet he had spc some wonderful chemical combination, or some new “serum,’ that would develop the shrunken and atrophied faculties of the mind, and which would render a man strong in the qualities wherein heretofore he had been weak, what a rush there would be for the new “regenerator.”