as the case may be has forced on men the thought of fear where otherwise there might have been the happy abandon of Nature.

¶ Next to theology, in point of harm, is medicine, which is the study of the abnormal, and the constantly iterated thought that the "family physician" was a necessary adjunct to life itself; which thought has bred in mankind the fallacy of looking to the doctor for relief from pain, instead of to ourselves. Should we not understand the Laws of Life sufficiently, so as to be as well and as happy as birds and squirrels?

¶ The third great engine of human misery has been the law. Seventy per cent of the members of all our lawmaking bodies are lawyers. Very naturally, lawyers in making laws favor laws that make lawyers a necessity. If this were not so, lawyers would not be human.

¶ Until very recent times, and in degree I am told it is so yet, laws are for the subjection of the many and the upholding of the privileges of the few. The few employ a vast lobby, while all the many can do is to obey, or be ground into the mire. All the justice the plain people have, they have had to fight for, and what we get is a sop to keep us quiet. The law, for most people, is a great, mysterious, malevolent engine of wrath. A legal summons will yet blanch the cheek of most honest men, and an officer at the door sends consternation into the family. The District Attorney prosecutes us-we must defend ourselves. "And if you have no money to hire a lawyer, you are adjudged guilty and for you justice is a by-word," says Edward Lauterbach, the eminent lawyer.

¶ And here is the argument: The fear of death, as taught by the clergy; the fear of disease, as fostered by the doctors; and the fear of the law, as disseminated by lawyers, has created a fog of fear that has permeated us like a miasma, and cut human life short one-third, causing the brain to reel and rock at a time when it should be the serene and steadfast pilot of our lives, "What, then," you ask; “shall we go back to savagery?”

And my answer is, No, we must, and will, and are going on, on to Enlightenment.

¶ You can live forty days without food, but you can not possibly live four minutes without air. These things being true, is it wise to stuff ourselves with food and starve ourselves for want of air?

¶ When sympathy finds vent in vengeance, and “love” takes the form of strife, the doctor is getting ready his ether-cone DO

Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.

¶ A sect is merely a point of view.

¶ The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today; the best preparation for life in the hereafter is to live now.

¶ Man is the instrument of Deity.

¶ Live so as to get the approbation of your Other Self, and success is yours. But pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

¶It does not make much difference what a person studies -all knowledge is related, and the man who studies any thing, if he keeps at it, will be learned.

¶The soul grows by leaps and bounds, by throes and throbs. A flash, and the glory stands revealed for which you have been groping blindly through the years ☛☛

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¶ Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are gods in the chrysalis.

Success is a result of mental attitude, and the right mental attitude will bring success in everything you undertake.

¶ In fact, there is no such thing as failure, except to those who accept and believe in failure. Failure! There is no such word in all the bright lexicon of speech, unless you yourself have written it there.

¶A great success is made up of an aggregation of little ones. These finally form a whole.

¶ The man who fills a position of honor and trust has first filled many smaller positions of trust.

¶ The man who has the superintendence of ten thousand men has had the charge of many small squads.

¶ And before he had charge of a small squad he had charge of himself.

The man who does his work so well that he needs no supervision has already succeeded.

¶ And the acknowledgment of his success is sure to follow in the form of a promotion.

¶ The world wants its work done, and civilization is simply a search for men who can do things.

¶ Success is the most natural thing in the world. The man who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the universe.

¶The world needs you-it wants what you produceyou can serve it, and if you will, it will reward you richly. ¶ By doing your work you are moving in the line of least resistance it is a form of self-protection.

You need what others have to give-they need you. To reciprocate is wisdom. To rebel is folly.

¶ To consume and not produce is a grave mistake, and upon such a one Nature will visit her displeasure.

¶ The common idea is that success means great sacrifice, and that you must buy it with a price. In one sense this is true

¶ To succeed you must choose. If you want this you can not have that. Success demands concentration oneness of aim and desire.

¶ Choose this day whom you will serve.

¶ Paradoxically, it is true that you must "sacrifice" some things to gain others.

¶ If you are a young man and wish to succeed in business, you will have to sacrifice the cigarettes, the late hours, the dice, the cards, and all the round of genteel folly which saps your strength and tends to unfit you for your work tomorrow do

That awkward and uncouth country boy who went to work yesterday is concentrating on his tasks—he is doing the thing, high or low, mental or what not-yes! He is not so very clever, his trousers bag at the knee, and his sleeves are too short, but his heart has but one desire to do his work. Soon you will be taking your orders from him

¶ And let me say right here that the habit of continually looking out for Number One is absolutely fatal to success. Nature is on her guard against such, and if by accident they get into a position of power their lease on the place is short. A great success demands a certain abnegation— a certain disinterestedness.

¶The man who can lose himself in his work is the man who will succeed best.

¶ Courtesy, kindness and concentration-this trinity forms the Sesame that will unlock all doors.

¶ Good-cheer is twin sister to good health.

¶ Is n't it the part of wisdom not to put an enemy into your mouth to steal away your brains?. Isn't it wise to so fill your working hours that the night comes as a blessing and a benediction-a time for sweet rest and sleep?

These things mean a preparation for good work. And good work means a preparation for higher work.

Success is easy. We do not ascend the mountain by standing in the valley and jumping over it.

¶Success is only difficult to the man who is trying to lift himself by tugging at his boot-straps.

¶ Do not take life too seriously-you will never get out of it alive.