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PSYCHIC MANUALS
BY

DIMSDALE

R.

STOCKER

TELEPATHY,

I.

Mental Telegraphic Communication.

What it is and how it is done.

SOUL-CULTURE,

II.

And Self Development.

What it is and how it is done.

clairvoyance,

III.
Clairaudience, Psychometry,
Clairsensience.

What

it

is

and how

it

is

and

done.

mentalism,

IV.

Or Mind- and Will-Training.

What it is and how it is done.
V.

BRAIN-CULTURE OR

PHRENOMETRY,
Auto-Suggestion and Cerebral Stimulation.
What it is and how it is done.

VI.
Mental

What

it

is

HEALING,
and Magnetic.
and how it is done.

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Psychic Manuals

BRAIN-CULTURE
OR

PHRENOMETRY

AUTO-SUGGESTION AND
CEREBRAL STIMULATION
WHAT

IT

IS,

AND

HOW

IT

IS

DONE

BY

R.

DIMSDALE STOCKER
Author of

Telepathy, '' Soul Culture,"

'' Clairvoyance"
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Sub-Consciousness," ** Healing, Mental and Magnetic,"
" Perso7ial Ideals etc., etc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chap.

I.

Phases

of

Consciousness

AND Brain-action
Chap.

II.

Chap.

III.

The Science of Mind

The Secret of Personal
Success

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CHAPTER

I.

Phases of Consciousness and Brainaction.

In attempting to deal with the conscious
factor,

will

it

to define

be

in the first place

my

duty

the term mentality, before

proceed to deal with certain of the diverse

phenomena which

are

associated

there-

with.

To do
in

mind

word,
but

it

will

be desirable

if

we bear

that mind, in the real sense of the

is

is

this,

not alone a function of the brain,

peculiar to every organic

and

in-

organic thing in the universal plan.

Mental action

may

be conceived

of,

and

defined as, responsiveness to any stimulus

or

any

set

of stimuli

from without, and

whilst the full-conscious condition

elaborated

exclusively
5

by means

may

be

of

the

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cerebro-spinal system,

assume, as
is

is

is

it

mistake

For

the only seat of mental operations.

not.

it is

Mans complex brain has been

it is

to

so often done, that the brain

true,

built up,

according to the degree

which

in

he has become a self-conscious being.

it is,

at the

same

But

time, misleading to sup-

pose that the brain

is

man

the only part of

concerned with his mental

life.

and phrenological science

particular most assuredly shows us,
Science

in

in

most

unmistakable

structure of the brain

fashion,
is

the

that

intimately related

with the various intelligent processes incidental to sentient existence, that

conditions the mind, and

that

it

great co-ordinator of the psychic

form

its

the

is

life

of

man.
Yet

to

make

the brain anything

than an instalment for the purpose of

expression

is,

at

any

more
self-

rate at the present

stage of our knowledge of mental science,

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quite unwarranted.

All

mental states of

any kind whatsoever, are somewhat

ganically conditioned.

same time remember

But we must

that

mind

is

or-

at the

not to be

explained in

terms of matter, and that,

whilst the two

may

be parallel, they are not

identically the same.

Mans inner

Self, or personal centre,

in point of fact,

many

of us

is,

a deeper laid thing than

had bargained

for,

and research

along more abstruse lines of psychological

inquiry serves to demonstrate the fact that
it is

related, not alone with the brain, nor

even the physical organism, but also with

that

little

explored territory of being with

which the investigations of the more philosophic psychologists, such as James and

Myers, have served

fact,

to familiarise us.

can be maintained that

it

man

scended from the ancestral ape, with

greater certitude

what

Browning

though

it

may we
has

in

much

affirm that he

claimed

be in the germ.

If,

has de-

is

god,

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Time was when

those

who were unaware

of the true position of affairs

assume

that

anything

or inspiration

in the

were led

way

to

of genius

or sainthood, or other ab-

normal mental functionings, could be

dis-

missed and accounted for by such terms as

degeneration or hypersesthesia.

But

recent research has pointed most unmistak-

ably to the conclusion that mentality, whatever

it

may

supreme and ultimate

be, is the

disclosure of time

and

that even

if

it

be

expressed according to the state of mans

bodily condition,

immeasurable,

whilst

intangible,

ing

it

it is

is

yet something which,

imponderable

and

not accounted for by regard-

as a mere function or by-product of

physical conditions, with whose nature no

process of reason can demonstrate that

has any essential

Now,

as

it

affinity.

say, whilst recent enquiry has

enabled us to appreciate the nature of the

mind

to

a degree that was formerly nothing

short of impossible,

we must,

at the

same

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time, admit that

modern research has

in-

troduced us to innumerable problems which

are

pressing

urgently

which become

for

more

the

solution,

and

as our

difficult

studies proceed.

We

man

for instance, that

find,

alone the creature

is

not

sense adapted

of

to

derive impressions through his organs of

touch,

taste,

That he

and

hearing

smell,

not alone the animal

is

sight.

descended

from his ancestors, the ape and the tiger

but that he

on the contrary, adapted

is,

to

function beyond the range ordinarily re-

cognised

enter the

channels

in

knowledge may

mind independently
wffiich

of the five

have been ordinarily

garded as the only

is

that

short,

re-

means by which man

put into relationship with his environ-

ment.

Very pertinently, as

Myers has remarked

work,

Our

Human

it

in

seems

history of

life

me, Mr.

monumental

his

Personality

to

on earth has been

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o
a

history,

not

merely

of

adaptatioti

environment known once for

but of

all,

gradual discovery of environment.

dawn

of

new

must

which

to

life

re-act.

No

truer saying,

was ever uttered by

And

The

and again

faculty has again

manifested a wider cosmos

to

those of us

venture to believe,

a philosophic thinker.

who have found

in

man

in

one way or another the proper study of our

life-time,

will

be prepared

to

endorse the

statement wdth the utmost emphasis.

For what does our study of man teach

us?

What

is it

that

light of present-day

First of

all,

chief organ

we

learn of

in the

enquiry?
is

the minds

that the nervous

mechanism

that the brain

of the body, being the

most sensitive and

finely organised substance,

spond

man

is

adapted

to those delicate orders of vibrations

w'hich reach us as light, sound, heat,

in

to re-

and

other ways; and that reactions to such

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sensations are wrought out into feelings,

emotions, and thoughts.

Secondly, when we come to study the

we

brain-form,

find that

we

are enabled to

locate particular faculties in definite posi-

tions

to assign, that

is,

certain functions

to particular areas of the cerebral

And

cortex.

who have made any

all

of

us

searches

in

this

direction

for

re-

ourselves

cannot but have been impressed with the

fact that, whilst the bias of

may

a mans mind

be determined by the formation of his

cranium, the modification in the develop-

ment

of that

head

by the response

made

own

will

to the

always be determined
appeal w^hich

to the possessor,

may

and depend on

be
his

capacity for manifesting such reactions

as he

may

express.

In other words,

much

it

is

not the brain so

as the working of the

which gives the form

Certain

mind

within,

to the head.

researches of

Professor Elmer


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12

who has been

Cates, of Washington,

gaged

in

en-

brain-building of animals,

the

tend to support this view as against the

old, materialistic conception.

Directly

we can disabuse our mind

of

the fallacy that the brain gives character,

we

are in a position to understand the far-

reaching aims of real phrenologic science.

It is

of this that

Now
direct
of

the true

propose

mind

contact with

existence

answers

puts him

in

three orders

least

sensuous,

the

first,

which

(whose areas

senses

the five

to

man

of

at

to treat.

physiologists have located in the lateral and

posterior parts of the brain)
rational

and

third,

the

faculties (which function

perior convolutions,

second, the

super-rational

through the su-

whose tunctions are a

sealed book to physiologists), as

we may

designate them.
Doubtless,

most

of us are

most easily

influenced through the so-called animal

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or sensuous

13

faculties, since the reaction to

sense-impressions has become so habitual

to us.

But

at the

same time we must not over-

man proper begins

The very word
at his reasoning faculties.

man means thinker. Man is not man

look the fact that the

in virtue of his propensities

and

instincts.

These the lower animals share with him.

And

these, therefore,

passed on

as

it

come automatic

in

have been bequeathed

were, to us,

man

and so be-

they have been

interwoven in our organisms, so to speak,

and so

fallen

below the

fully

conscious

threshold.

The automatic mind

mind

mind working on

is

the instinctual

the sub-conscious

plane.
It is

and

perhaps

difficult to

fast line of

draw any hard

demarcation between the

sub-conscious plane and the conscious. Be-

cause in certain people, what would seem

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14
to

be sub-conscious faculties, are conscious

faculties.

It is all

of attention

a question of the

which

is

amount

required to be be-

stowed upon any mental process.

Still,

roughly,

should locate the sub-

conscious mind in the basilar regions of

And

the brain.

it

is

that this phase of the

interesting to note

mind has been

re-

cognised by phreno-psychologists as taking

charge of the physical functions and as

being more or

less

intimately concerned

with the vegetative and

vital

department of

mans economy.

Now, you

will

note that

which are represented

only

lie

all

in this

the organs

group not

closest to the body, but also are all

concerned with the physical needs of a

(see chart)

ness,

man

Alimentiveness, Executive-

Vitativeness,

the

and

Social

Domestic propensities,

for instance

these act in an instinctive

way, and do not

call

for

much

of a

mans

full

waking

all

in-

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15

telligence or attention to direct their operations.

They

are

and are

all

more or

expressed

less involuntary,

through

largely

the

And

agency of the muscular system.

so

express outgoing' activities.

When,
organs

moved from
in

we

however,
wdiich

the body,

particular to

come

rather

are

the

to

further

re-

and when we come

those which have repre-

sentation in the forehead, then not only do

we encounter powers which

clusively

are almost ex-

human, but we come

which answ'er

to faculties

to deliberate

and purposive

the

so-called per-

mental action.

The lower

of these

ceptive faculties

be largely semi-conscious.

And

reason, that they are possessed

by every creature.

Indeed,

truth be said that the

these powers from

its

may

incline to think,

human

for

this

more or
it

may

less

with

race inherits

brute-ancestry.
B

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All animals are

can

recollect

locality

though

more or

shapes,

less

and

distances,

may

they

observant

perceive

by

scent, as well as the eye appreciate weight

and momentum,

colour, etc.

exercise of such powers in

more or

less

man

Hence, the
is

relegated

completely to the sub-conscious

plane.

But when we arrive

the faculties of

at

Causality and Comparison and Dis-

which

criminativeness,

power

ment,
perceive
reason,

to

cause and
then

certainly for

engender

apply
effect,

we come

to

principles

so, in the

and

and inductive
powers which

us* are not automatic

which cannot be

judg-

nay,

very nature of

things.

A man may
reasoning.
*

It

is,

But he can never

really think

perhaps, a legitimate speculation whether such

might not be sub-conscious with the Superman

Nietzsche and Mr. Shaw.

faculties

of

certainly form a habit of

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seriously unless he

17

consciously engaged

is

and unless he functions objectively.

So

is

it

we may

here that

scious or rational mind.

must begin from

place the con-

All self-culture

this place.

It is

the plane

of equilibrium.

Even

exhausted

we

however,

here,

human

have

Some

faculty.

not

writers

have thought that the terms conscious

and sub-conscious

will serve to designate

every functioning of the mind.

But they

will not.
If

we

see that the red

the

mind

liken the

a spectrum

to

end may be compared

plane and

sub-conscious

(say) to the conscious plane.

may

w'e liken the violet

Obviously
cesses

which

conscious

in

it

end

to

to

green

what

should correspond to pro-

w^e

may

their

describe as super-

character

gradually merge themselves

processes

the

But

we

processes,

that

is,

and
in

which

invisible

which must

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remain

we

undetected until

arrive

at

higher condition of being.

Now

w'hat proof does our study of

man

afford us that such faculties exist?

It

shows us this

that as

man

has faculties

which he shares with the lower animals

and which function properly below

the

threshold of waking consciousness, and as

he has faculties with which the objective

or rational consciousness
fied,

may be

and which answer

to

the

identi-

human

intelligence per se, so there are also certain

man which are

normal state and these we may

other faculties possessed by

above his

designate compendiously as either aesthetic,

moral and religious, or subjective, according as we refer

which are adapted

to

the various organs

to express

such faculties

as Sublimity, Ideality, Benevolence,

Veneration,

Human

Nature, and so

forth.

Now,

it

is

a remarkable fact that none

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of these

powers

in

man

is

19

exhibited directly

You

during his objective experience.

can-

by observing

not test their results except

with the closest attention and by exercising

the greatest possible scrutiny.

Only

in a

mans better moments, when his Higher

Self

manifested, do

is

we

find the super-

conscious state directly expressed.

as

it

It lies,

were, outside the margin of full con-

sciousness and

is

not greatly conditioned

by the organic processes.

It

true that, indirectly, this plays

is

part in the daily

example,

will

of a

to

man

make him

veneration,

cheerful;
directed

life

the

hope, for

speculative

may

again,

reverencing

its

of

or

be

parents,

superiors, or old institutions.

But you

down

will

always find

into the nature of

fluence of these faculties

in his

inner

life,

if

you look deep

man,
is

that the in-

seen far more

and has reference more

particularly to his inward or abstracted

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states

rather than

personal
tially

Man

life.

and

is

periphery of his

undoubtedly, essen-

potentially, a religious

And

being.

to the

the fact

and

ethical

is that these super-

conscious faculties, as we will term them,

may

form what we

mark

of

call

the

mentality, however

high water mark

may

high water
relative

that

be.

Whilst men as a rule are

awake,

fully

so to speak, only along the rational side

of their nature

that

it

we must

is to

and not always even along

reverie, all ecstasy

man and

means
of the

higher department that

this

refer all exaltation, all ideals, all

which alone

will uplift

for this reason, that

it

is

by

of this super-conscious functioning

mind

that he

with the larger

Now

what

is

put into relationship

life.

meant

is

by

the

larger

life?

Obviously,

if

it

be more or less inde-

pendent of the body,

if it

can be conceived

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of as existing apart from, or as transcend-

ing the

life

the spiritual

life.

the fully-conscious

life.

include the immaterial

And by
It

that

mean

includes, in short, all the powers

are above sensation, above

intellect

must

of the organism, this life

and

w^hich

subtler processes

desire,

involve

which
above

those finer,

which are beginning

hands of

receive attention at the

to

scientists

of to-day.

One such power

is

the faculty to trans-

mit and receive mental messages.

This,

a few years ago, would have been derided

as a fanciful conjecture.
to

be a matter of sober

The

brain,

whose

waves

it

is

Now

it is

proved

fact.

found, radiates etheric

nature

and

intensity

will

depend upon the current of thought which

may

be playing in the mind

Now,

if

itself.

you get one brain thinking hard

along a certain line positively projecting,

that

is

to

say,

succession

of

clearly-

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22

and

then

another brain attuned to

much

defined

vibrations

you
the

get

same

pitch, but in a negative, relaxed, receptive

condition, you will find a case of thought-

That

transference.

currents which

is

to say, the

thought

by the one

are propelled

brain will be collected and received by the

other.

You may experiment

for yourselves.

more

or

less

It

is

in

direction

this

quite easy to secure

satisfactory

along

results

these lines.

Suppose you happened

to

be one of a

party of friends, and that you desired to

hold a

experiments of the

few^

should you begin

sort,

how-

Well, the best way would be

to discover

who would be likely to be the most positive

member of your circle, and to constitute
him the sender
Get him

to

a clear mental

he

may

of the message.

stand near the wall, making

image

be anxious

of

whatever thought

to

transmit,

and

to

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endeavour

23

to see the picture so visualized

on the wall before him.

company sit
round, and having made
the

Let the rest of

semi-circle

mind
and

a blank,

jot

may

impressions
It will

to all to

them endeavour
slips

of paper

their

to collect

whatever

be most interesting and instructive

compare notes afterwards.*

which

at

On

was present only a short while ago.

that

member was asked

occasion one

remain passive and

upon a

silence

in

happened

to

the

all

rest

to

enough,

which

certain picture,

be that of a dog jumping.

look

at

the results

was the dog.

attitude

we had intended

We

why

asked

to

thought

After the experiment was over, and

came

occur to them.

remember one such gathering

I
I

let

down on

in

there,

But not

in

we

sure
the

the animal

was

sitting

have dealt with the methods of transmission at

my Manual I. Telepathy, to which the reader may be referred.
I

greater length and fulness in

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24

upon
as

his hindquarters instead of leaping,

we had

projected

come

idea had

all

it,

and found

right but

that the

that the

was not draughtsman enough

ceiver

depict the

dog

in the

re-

to

animated position we

had intended that he should.

Now,

of course,

kind

is

that

that

a slight error of that

insignificant

in

view of the

was only one

fact

among

failure

several successes.

But the point that we must bear

is

this

precise thinking

definite,

clear,

in

mind

that to secure satisfactory results,

is

a sine

qua non.
Telepathic

communication

training for the mind.

And

splendid

is
it

is

lament-

how few of us succeed with

shows us how incapable most of

able to think
it

for

it

us are in sustaining our thoughts for any

length of time upon a single subject.

We

are, for

the most part,

destitute of all concentration

learn

how

to live

interiorly

completely

and until we
we can never

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attain

25

the higher levels of the super-

to

conscious.

The

of

facts

mesmerism and hypnotic

suggestion are to-day

share of attention.

show us

serve to

All these

that

a large

receiving

man

phenomena

has within him

deeper-lying strata of consciousness than

the

waking condition would lead us

to

suppose.

Unconscious cerebration
which

explain

will

term

variety

of

such

But when we have theorised

phenomena.

and speculated and dogmatised

just this

is

one

fact

remains

not isolated things

that

we

find

minds are

that each of us

is

more

or less unconsciously in touch with every-

body and everything

that

we can

else, in

thought

and

influence one another at a dis-

tance.

And how ? By what means? By

currents

by

concentration

of

mental

will

by

intensity of purpose.

The

so-called mental science

and new

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26
life

movements

just

now.

are very

They

much

profess

to the fore

be

to

able

to

demonstrate that the mental attitude corresponds

with

which they

us

tell

And how
the

the

so

outcome

is

Is

material

condition,

dependent upon

what they

tell

it.

us simply

nonsense?

of extravagant

Ask any person who has devoted

the cultivation of the higher aspects

life to

of

Self the
whether

the

nature

his

will

faith

and

the

spiritual

and sympathy and

idealism are simply subjective states.

The

fact

is,

that there

grain of truth in
this reason

sober

more than

these claims.

And

for

that thoughts are living facts,

actual

realities,

tend to

all

is

solidify

entities

and

and consolidate on

they
the

physical plane.

Thus

the encouragement

of

particular

habits of thought will affect not only the

brain, therefore, but the face.

extend not only

to the face,

And

it

will

but to a mans

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whole surroundings

27

wherever

tions are not positive

enough

to repel

Take two minds thinking

rate

and

what happens

it.

same

at the

The thoughts

passing from one brain will

until they reach the other,

radiate

out

where they

will

an entrance and be reproduced.

effect

All

the

Thought

various

systems

enjoin

Negativeness, they
prejudicial
perity.

ness

the condi-

is

mind

positive

attitude.

exceedingly

us, is

tell

health,

to

And

Higher

of

success,

and pros-

they are right, for negative-

inconsistent with a perfectly ordered

and

towards this

that

all

good

is

gravitates.

Phrenology recognises no
Phrenology

is

evil

faculties.

therefore a true system of

mental philosophy.

Since

it

shows us

that

a strong positive centre of personal energy

will secure, in the

else
It

long run, what nothing

can possibly ensure.

shows us that character

is

destiny

Phrenometry

28

man

that within the

Secret of

Power

himself

is

resident the

and that when once he

is

adjusted to his environment, the environ-

ment

will adjust itself to

Each man has

keep

to

concern, as students of mentality,

with ourselves.

We
it

and

it.

Our
is

him.

to find his centre

is

are vital

by

facts

living

realising that

it

souls

and

our duty

is

multiply ourselves into each thought,

and word,

that

we

to

act,

shall attain our coveted

niche in the temple of Eternity.

To

this

end

it is

our duty

to

become

fully

conscious upon every plane of our being

to get all

our faculties

harmonious whole.
in

so doing, then

to unite into

And when we
indeed

we

one

succeed

have

shall

conquered and achieved.

For heaven and

or

hell are within us

consciousness

form or another
of existence.

or

response,

constitutes

And having

Spirit

in

one

the sum-total

penetrated into

Phrenometry
the recesses of Being,

quired

the

experience

we

29
shall

which

have acalone

will

enable us to realize that the angel heart of

man
that

is

the citadel of

life

no man can lay claim

than he has, through his

his

and death

to

more or

own

own, and so incorporated

sonal character.

effort,

and

to less

made

in his per-

CHAPTER

II.

The Science of Mind.

The

science of

mind

too extensive in
its

its

wider aspects,

of a small

is

an extensive topic

entirety, or even

to treat in

under

a brief section

manual such as the present.

Properly, the science of

mind comprises

the science of being, since, from a certain

aspect, the

cosmos

is

simply a revelation of

an indwelling mind or intelligence.

Mind

or intelligence, from this point of

view, lies at the root of everything

phenomena

natural

are simply the externalization

or unfolding of the divine

mind

or

the

Word.

Mind

the evidence of spiritual

everywhere:

in

animal and man.

It

--is

mineral,

vegetable,

cannot be excluded

from a single corner of space.

30

activities

Phrenometry,

For example
piece of coal

yonder apparently

is

31
lifeless

not, strictly speaking, in-

animate.
It

is

one expression of the

The

telligence.
it

is

several molecules of which

composed are not

in actual contact

Infinite In-

(science assures us)

but they are, on the con-

trary, at infinitesimal distances apart

the attractive

and cohesive force

mental (or intelligent) as

assemblage of

principle,

human

and whilst

is

it

infinite

and

soul.

however, mind

Whilst,

as surely

sentiments,

instincts,

aspirations of the

is

the

is

and

a universal

is

co-extensive with

each and every manifestation of the Immanent-creative

mind

factor

supremely specialized state

reaches

in the

animal

kingdom.

The

plant and the mineral

beautifully

and completely

embody very

certain phases

of the All-conscious Intelligence

at

which

is

work within them.

But neither

of these exemplifies the dis-

Phrenometry

32

attributes

tinctive

the

of

man

of

This

is,

of course, partly to be accounted

organization

adapted

number

associated with an

is

to

express

of functions

an

in-

and powers.

mineral and a plant, of course, have

very
a

grade of evolution

fact that the

reached at that stage

creased

and

in particular.

by the

for

self-conscious

kingdom

inhabitants of the animal

much

flower

in

common

Thus

with a man.

absorb

will

and

assimilate

nutriment, breathe and propagate, just as

he.

But man

is

possessed of particular

organs and functions, which enable him

to

outrun his weaker brethren in Lifes race.

And
animal

one point of superiority

in

the

and especially the human creature

over the vegetable and mineral kingdom,

the acquisition of a brain and nervous

is

system.

Man
he

is

amount

is,

for all practical purposes,

what

in

virtue

large

of brain

of

his

relatively

and nerve substance.

Phrenometry
Decrease that
vital processes

unimpaired

and

33

whilst certain of the

might be carried on

state

his feeling,

in

thought, his intelligence, volition, and

consciousness would be

Now

and nerve as responsible

is

acts.

train the

mind you

and arrangement

which mentality

if

you educate

alter the structure

of the brain-cells.

Professor Elmer Gates

says

For instance

Washington)

During

It

is all.

Science has shown us that

and

regard brain

to

for mentality.

just the material with

That

self-

nil.

do not ask you

an

capacity for

(of

months, for

five or six

six hours each day,

five or

trained dogs in dis-

criminating colours.

The

greater

result

number

animal of

was

found a

far

of brain-cells than in

any

that

like breed.

The more

brains,

(he argues) can

be given to either an animal or

being, the better for

its

human

mental activities.

Phrenometry

34

And

better the

the

more

quality

intelligence

Now

it

My

aim

we

of

that

brain,

purpose

to

yet at the

i\nd

so,

my

remarks

to

seek
to

instead of treating
1

shall

observations upon

practical craniology,

to

same time

the brain (in an abstract fashion)

offer a

be purely practical.

is to

instruct you.

heads

the

upon cerebral physiology.

interest you,

confine

and

brain,

shall find.

my

not to

is

disquisition

to

The more

this is true.

or phre-

nometry.
Before

commence, however,

there are

one or two misconceptions which

like to clear

The

should

up and remove from your mind.

first

is

that

craniology

is

some-

thing about bumps.

Whenever

this

subject

is

mentioned

people fumble surreptitiously around their

skulls (as
irritation),

if

they were suffering from local

and

are

measure when they find

that

surprised

beyond

(as they often do)

no bumps are forthcoming.

Phrenometry,

Very

Indeed,
character

Now,

billiard ball.

the

head

ideal

craniology

if

is it to

A
(a)

us

the

like

ideal

the

is

off.

not a system of

is
is

it

and

what

of

word, then, as
It

should be gently rounded

bumpology, what
use

head as

one sees a

frequently

smooth as a

35

what craniology

to

which

science

is.

holds

that

certain parts of the brain are exclu'

sively

concerned

with

particular

mental faculties.
(b)

And

development of the

that special

brain in any given

sponds with

the

direction

extent

propensities, sentiments

The

may

science

faculties

moral or physical, as

intellectual,

the case

certain

of

and

corre-

be.

also

teaches

us

that,

as

brain-growth and skull-measurement proceed

hand-in-hand,

accommodates

itself

and

as

the

latter

to the former,

so the


36

Phrenometry,

configuration

of

head

the

whole

as

indicates personal character.

Now,

the acceptation of

not in any

way tend

this

fact

does

Quite the

to fatalism.

reverse.

We

must recognise

if

we

are wise

that people in general are born with certain

natural tendencies,

tem-

peraments, and so forth, uppermost.

One

qualities,

tastes,

person has a taste for figures, another a

talent for music, yet a third the gift of the

gab, and so on.

W^e have
later.

And

to

recognise

the sooner

sooner

this

we do

or

so, the better

both for ourselves and others.

All the trouble and anxiety which only
too often arise from ignoring cranial

dications might be spared

into account

one thing

on each others heads

if

in-

only we took

where the ears lay

very simple pro-

cedure.
1

said just now,

craniology

is

not

you
a

will

remember, that

science

of

bumps;

Phrenometry

and

not.

is

it

It

37

just a question

is

of

comparative brain-measurements.

The

ears are to he

Why ?

your starting point.

you ask.

Because their setting alone

you

enable

will

to estimate correctly the relative pro-

portions of the various regions of the brain.

And upon

this

For instance

everything will depend.

whilst

all

cisely the

same number

in all {see

diagram)

forepart

of

the

of us have preof faculties,

42

with some of us the

brain

comes further

advance of the ear-opening than

it

in

does

with others.

Some

of

us are correspondingly

more

intellectual than others.

In the forehead we have the seat of the

intellectual organs.

When,

therefore,

thirds of the

the ears

show two-

brain in front of them the

intelligence will exceed the animal instincts

(which are located in the back head).

But foreheads vary

in shape.

Some may

Phrenometry

38

be said to recede, others

to project, others

again to be perpendicular.

Others are wide, narrow, square; high,

and so

low,

There are endless

forth.

examples.

Man, however, alone has a brow

to

the

brain-mass

frontal

and

that

he

it

is

is

indebted for his superior and God-like

reason.

Yet with some human beings even, the

show (comparatively speaking) but

ears
little

In

brain in front of them.

many heads

the ears are set centrally.

In such cases the social and

faculties will be strongest

head

lie

jugality,

and so

head of

lectual

of

back

pets,

animals,

con-

be less

intel-

forth.

this type will

than social, and fonder by nature

spending

ciates

friends,

domestic

for in the

which show love of

the organs

home-ties,

its

time surrounded by asso-

and companions than books.

In other heads the ears are set low down.

Phrenometry

and

distance from each other

at a great

(owing

to

what

39

known

is

as a deep, broad

basilar lobe).

we

Here

and

meet

shall

executive

tendencies uppermost.

self-protective

Destructive

with

energy,

resistance,

commerical capacity,

appetite,

force,

and

self-

preservative powers are indicated by such

a type.

The narrow-headed people

feeble, negative, easily ruled

headed, incautious, have

faculty,

and be possessed

little

be weak,

will

by the broadof the saving

of little go.

Then again some heads tower above

ears in the

crown

such are headstrong,

Others

stubborn, egotistic.
are modest, meek,
Still

ears.

well-developed
stincts

faith,

and regard

for

fall

and

off

humble accordingly.

other heads

wards of the

the

show an

And

elevation up-

such heads disclose

moral

and

hope,

charity,

duty.

In

religious

in-

reverence,

excess,

such

heads disclose fanatical tendencies. Where-

Phrenometry,

40
as

the

low-headed are low

animalized,

and depraved.

(For further

coarse, vulgar,

information

my

see

A.B.C.

ology, of the publishers,

But head-forms are

diversity

as are

Phren-

almost

infinite

i/-).

of

their possessors natures.

manual such as

In a

of

this

cannot de-

You must examine them

on your own account and draw your own
them

scribe

all.

deductions.
But, as
not

make

or

have previously said, heads do

mar

us.

In the main, we shape our

And
may

though,

apply

in

a general way,

by

culture,

goes

may

is

not without

whilst

we

show how great

The

is

our

fact, too,

encouraging aspect. For,

are at liberty to argue that our

tendencies, tastes, temperaments,

not, are

and

education,

responsibility in the matter.

its

heredity

be developed and

training,
to

heads.

formation of the brain,

to the

the fact that this

modified

own

born with

us,

it

is

no

and what

less certain

Phrenometry,
that,

if

power

we have

this fact be true,

at least to control

In point of fact,

if

we

41

and

it

do

to

The

one.

hand.

All

principles

to set

is,

our

direct these.

are displeased with

the configuration of our cranium,

have

in

all

about getting a

we
new

materials for doing so are at

we need

do

to

is to

and

phrenometry,

of

apply the

by

so,

stimulating the latent powers, express our

To do

hidden potentialities.
a

question

brain-action,

this is

harmonious

establishing

of

by

simply

a process

initiating

of

rhythmic cerebral vibrations.

The only way

beautiful head,

for

is to

us

to

cultivate

develop a fine brain

and a beautiful character.

And

this

do only by harmoniously adjusting

we can
all

our

activities.

Assuming,

therefore,

that

your head-

shape does not satisfy your present requirements,

may

alter

will

proceed to

tell

you how you

it.

Say your head were

in fair proportion.

Phrenometry

42

but that your forehead showed a falling

the

in

gion,

higher,

intuitive,

what would you do

Concentrate upon

sympathetic

off

re-

not

the deficiency

but the ideal formation, and the qualities

so indicated.
(1)

The

best

way

doing

for

would

this

be to seat yourself quietly in your

room, your

feet

touching the

easily

on the

(but the
(2)

(3)

Now

floor,

Place your hands

facing the north.

lap, the fingers together

thumbs not

in contact).

close your eyes.

Turn them

up,

and

fix

them, as

it

were, on the upper part of the fore-

head.
(4)

Then begin a

slow, steady inhalation,

carrying the breath (mentally) to this

centre of the brain

breath a
(5)

moment

and holding

or two.

Next form a mental picture

tissues

and

the

cells,

and

of

keep

the
this

Phrenometry,
before you

steadily

43
the

in

minds

(6)

eye.

(7)
.

Think

By

of this exclusively.

this process

you

will increase the

(8)

blood-supply to this part

up the

will build
(9)

and

that

brain-cells.

Having commenced your breathing

exercise,
tion

and having

upon the proper

fixed the attenspot, next

Repeat the formula:

Every
(10)

and

brain

intuitive

charged with the

fully

my

particle of each cell of

sympathetic

vital

is

essence

of inspiration/'
.

And
pufts

afterwards

and

exhale

quickly

in

so get rid of the noxious

gases, which have been accumulated

in the process.

You

are

advised to

through three times

accompany

the

at

take

exercise

this

a sitting, and to

affirmation

by

gentle

rhythmic swaying of the body, backwards

and forwards.

Light

friction

with

the

Phrenometry

44

finger to the part will also assist in bringing

about the desired end.

Now

system of development

this

may

be

applied with perfect success to any depart-

ment

cerebral

of

ample,

For

evolution.

ex-

hope, or courage, or faith were

if

one would image the ideal ap-

deficient,

pearance of the organs, and then, through

the exercise of

the will

and the concenupon the part

tration of the mental currents

in

question

having

word expressive
is

sought

substituted the right

the

of

sentiment which

be cultivated

to

particular condition which

induce

it

is

the

desired to

establish.

You must

soul capacities are

and

mind

that whilst the

infinite

inexhaustible

bear in

illimitable

their

expression

requires

steady and persistent effort on your part.

Soul-powers are no abstractions, and the

culture of such powers
practical

utilization of

demands

the

most

your energies, and

Phrenometry.
the

45

most persistent expenditure of your

forces.

By such

effort

you

will

any

yourself to almost

be able to develop

extent.

matter of concentration

It is

a mere

purpose and

of

expectancy of desire.

Such a method,
effective

The

means

may

add,

to evolution of character.

materials

character-formation

for

are born with us;

they are waiting to be

builded into whatever structure

But

the only

is

we choose.

rests with us as to what edifice

it

we

elect to erect.

As

students of phrenometry

we must

We

recognize the supremacy of mind.

must necessarily

realize that the initiative

must come from within.

deny matter.
is

so

much

of habit
for

us

There

is

no need.

Matter

the sum-total

crystallized spirit

and experience.
to

Yet we do not

assert

the

And
spirit

manipulate matter and bring

control of the will.

as such,
in
it

it is

order to

under the

Phrenometry

46

This

is

to

be accomplished only by the

intelligent recognition

and application

of

the laws underlying individual growth and

expression.

We

must needs work from centre

circumference,

and

ment

of our

perfect

and every depart-

economy.

Bring yourself, then,

relationship

establish

interaction between each

to

harmonious

into

with the Law, and by so

doing you shall acquire both a balanced

mind and

a symmetrical brain

for

Of the Soul the body form doth take,

For Soul is form and doth the body make.

CHAPTER

III.

The Secret of Personal Success.

It

on

is

a significant fact that

the world where other people fail

in

that

some people get

some succeed where others do

Yet why should

this be

so?

The

not.

fact is

often ascribed to fate, or circumstances.

But, in point of fact, to adopt such a theory

is

no explanation at

all.

has told us, the matter

stars,

As Shakespeare

rests, not

with our

but in ourselves.

And if this be true we may well enquire

why in ourselves. For getting on is
certainly not altogether due to ability, or

even

to

personal merit.

something besides

Many
the wall.

if

It is

a question of

not something else.

apparently clever people go to

That

is

strange enough, certainly.

47

Phrenometry

48

But
that

it

more strange than

not

is

many seemingly commonplace

come

To

persons

to the front.

what, then,

success due?

is

Success, no doubt,
causes.

With some,

reward

of

is
it

due

others,

it

little, if

means

be the
en-

persistent
to

be

and so depend

upon themselves. With

at all,

may be

it

to

may appear

the result of opportunity,

yet others,

to a variety of

may seem

and

diligent

With

deavour.

very

the fact

secured partly by

and be attained inde-

of influence

pendent of personal exertion.

All these factors,

more, contribute

Both personal
ings

and

to

fitness,

patronage,

value to any man.

over-estimated.
to

doubtless,

succeed

To

and many

successful

career.

favourable surroundare

of

inestimable

Yet even these may be

strive is not necessarily

nor are chances nor influential

friends the only things that are required to

enable a

man

truest sense,

to get on.

Success, in the

means something

far

more.

Phrenometry

49

Real success can arise only through one

thing

that

This

individual fitness.

is,

means, that a person must occupy a unique

position

place which he alone

fill.

have made

createdthe place

happens

himself.

find

to

in

is

com-

he must

In other words,

petent to

which he
he

Otherwise,

must reckon himself among the

failures in

life.

Hence,
be

real success

synonymous

than anything.

may

with

really

In the long run,

success, rather than

be said

personality

we can be

to

more

we make

said to attain

it.

We

hear of

berlain,

men

like

Lord Cromer,

Gladstone,

Lord

Cham-

Kitchener,

Lord Milner, Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry,

Henry Ward Beecher, Lord Charles Beresford, or the

Rev. R.

J.

Campbell

we know

that their careers in the arena of politics,

in

the army,

on the stage, and

in

the

church, are successful.

But what

is

it

gives them their special

Phrenometry.

50

charm,

their

ability,

power over men

glamour, their

their

To what

cess in their various vocations

Gladstone

take one

(to

ample from the types which

of course,

was a

skilled tactician,

No

boot.

sources

their suc-

is

due?

remarkable exI

have selected),

scholar, a theologian, a

and a wonderful orator

doubt his vast intellectual

him enormously.

assisted

to
re-

Yet

brains alone do not yield success.

And

much when
with

men.

Men
not

whether his

was, helped him very

it

came

to

dealing practically

Gladstone

would have been

it

any sphere

great in

doubt

venture to

learning, great as

of

as

of action,

scholars and

life.

we know,

many

are often

scholars,

though

they can think and write very beautifully

and

do

eloquently,

impressing people with

not
their

succeed

in

undoubted

ability.

And

venture

to

question whether any

two people out of every million who came

Phrenometry.
personal

into

51

with

contact

knew

troubled greatly whether he

much about Horace

Gladstone,
little

or

was an

or whether he

Church questions or no.

authority on

hardly suppose that the fact that he had

Impregnable Rock

written the

of

Holy

Scripture, able as that work was, secured

for

him the

No;

title

his intellectual achievements, great

as they were,
sonality of the

And
good

G.O.M.

of

this

were eclipsed by the per-

man.
think you will find

holds

in the other notable instances cited.

Now to

what personality

is

due

it

remains

for us to see.
If

we were

personality,
that

it

to

should be inclined

consisted in

vital activities of

that

is,

ask for a definition of

the

to

answer

sum-total of the

a person

the

of the physical, mental

resultant,

and moral

conditions of an individual.

Have you never

felt

that

you are more

drawn towards some people than you are

Phrenometry

52

Do

to others ?

some people

not

and others repel you

That

attract

a question of what

is all

you

is

known

as personal magnetism.

Now, some people

attractive

This

is

in

magnetic

are

or

a higher degree than others.

why

they seem to secure the co-

operation, the confidence, the goodwill of

others.

This,

why

explains

too,

they

succeed where others (who are less magnetic) fail to

do

so.

For success,

depends upon the power

forces

which are

latent in

to

after all,

focus

these

humanity, and

to

which the great man always has access.

This was

why Gladstone

Chamberlain,

Milner,

many more have

succeeded

why

Kitchener, and so

succeeded

where

other

mute inglorious careers have been doomed

to suffer annihilation.

Now we may
that

be apt

some people are

to

imagine perhaps

naturally

magnetic

whilst other people are born to be deficient

in

magnetism.

We

are liable to cherish

Phrenometry

53

the impression, in fact, that

magnetism

a gift (like the gift of the gab

for

painting

And

or

a talent

a faculty for drawing).

that providence bestows

and withholds

is

on some

it

from others.

it

Such, however,

is

Every body

a magnetic centre in a

is

not the case.

greater or less degree.

Those men whose names

given

one

and

all

have

more by

have just

achieved

their

understanding the

success

far

secret of

applying their personal force than

by any other means.

All of us have this personal force
latent or active

some more

either

others less.

But some of us do not know how

to

apply

it.

It is to

these

am

the remarks which

Now,

the

we attempt
netism,

is to

first

to

particularly addressing
I

am

about to make.

thing for us to do
cultivate

know

personal

when
mag-

exactly the nature of the

Phrenometry.

54

element which we propose

to set

about

to

cultivate.

Ignorance on

let

bound

this point is

And

on our part.

failure

mean

to

so, first of all,

we mean by magnetism.
magnetism?

us be sure what

What

is

Magnetism
force.

eyes,

nose,

is

taste,

enough

quickly

a certain subtle, yet potent

force palpable to neither

nor

Yet

touch.

which

force

ears,

radiates

from the nervous centres, and which

You

are

you meet you

instinctively like.

drawn towards them.

be good or bad.

But

the

is

There

product of the personal organism.

are people

felt

that

They may

makes no

differ-

ence; they attract, win and compel you.

Love

is

said to be blind

but love can

never be blind to this attractive power.

is

the basis of personality.

The people

who draw you are magnetic.

Some people, again, repel you
shrink

from them; or perhaps you

indifferent

when you

It

you
feel

are in their presence.

Phrenometry
Possibly they

make no

55

effect

on you. They

make no impression one way

You
You

cant help

or the other.

you dont take to them.

it,

dont seek their society, you cant care

about them.

Such people are

deficient in vital

and they cannot

netism,

in

mag-

consequence

get into true relationship with others.

These are non-magnetic people

the others are magnetic people.

They

are

and mental powers

the people of feeble vital

whose

just as

organisms are out of gear and

whose personal ether

non-rhythmic

is

in its

vibrations.

Now how

comes

it

that everyone

we meet

can be classified as coming under one or

other of these heads?

Are some people born

others born only to repel

to

charm and

is this

quality a gift of the gods only

human

control ?

Is

bestowed on some

it

only and not on others

magnetic

beyond

Is

it

a gift which

Phrenometry.

56

some alone may have

abundance and

in

others possess scarcely a particle of

Why

should there be these two classes

of persons?
all

Let us

realize,

once and for

There ought

be only one class

to

Further, that there would be only one

people,

class

of

variety

did

the

viz.,

magnetic

which such depends. The question

of us to settle

is

do we belong

It

may

moment

To which

be as well

or

attitude.

two

It is

negativeness

employ

upon

if

for each

class of persons

we dwell

the

for

non-magnetic

the consequence of too great

want

self-appreciation.

shows an

upon

realize the principle

all

and

of poise, balance,

Such a habit

of

mind

utter inability to appropriate

the force of

and

which we have been

speaking.

Among
cherish

the non-magnetic are those

some

chronic

purely imaginary.

who

grievance often

In their ranks,

we

shall

Phrenometry.
the grumbling,

find

57

the dissatisfied,

We

unsuccessful, the misunderstood.

know

tell

thing

is

it

government,

or

poverty

own

When

them.

against

the

anything

may

is

it

weather,

but what

not

Such people

tell

And, what

or

under

lies

us that

They

they never seem to be successful.

perfectly right.

every-

the season, or the

is

control.

all

we hear

us that they are ill-used

other people,

their

How

these people.

them

often

the

are

more, we

is

be quite certain that, so long as they

take this view of

of success

life,

successful they will

They have not

never be.
:

the fact that true success

depend upon themselves

inner

realized the law

harmony with

upon

others

must

a sense of

and things in

general.

People often
liked;

tell

but when

other people,

they

me

they want to be

ask them
tell

me.

if

they like

No;

other

people are horrid and selfish and disagreeable.

Well, theres an old saw to the

effect

Phrenometry

58

that like attracts like

and

there

you have,

perhaps, a key to the problem.

There

is

a saying to the

effect that

God

those who help themselves; and

many an old maxim, it is largely true.
God does help those who know how to

helps
like

help

But these unfortunate

themselves.

people never do help themselves

and they

only hinder others.

All this arises from the fact that they are

own Being.
command the

ignorant of the nature of their

They do

not

success and

them

to

know how
esteem

to

which would enable

bring about the results which they

say they cannot attain.

It

is

all

question

of

filtration

of

magnetism.

These people, whilst they are bemoaning

their

hard

patient

fretting,

lot,

(maybe

losing

worrying,

their

are exhausting their supply of

it is

oozing away

The

im-

tempers)

magnetism

they have sprung aleak.

cardinal principle for us to bear in

Phrenometry

mind

59

at the outset of all personal culture is

Never squander
you may ask,

is

your

But how,

forces.

magnetism

to

be conserved

and developed ?
have already given you some of the

distinguishing

magnetic

some

man

peculiarities

you may now

of those of the

the

non-

like to

hear

of

distinctly

magnetic

individual.
will therefore

method

the

answer the question as

of cultivating

to

magnetism by

giving you a mental portrait of the magnetic individual.

Here, then,

is

his picture.

The magnetic man impresses you

of

all

When
safe

by

his

you are

composure and
in

his presence

reposefuland

steals over

you.

easy poise

is

He

first

serenity.

you

feel

a kind of quietude
carries himself with

an

self-possessed, content, con-

scious of his power, so that one instinctively

judges him

There

is

to

be equal to any emergency.

something irresistible about

Phrenometry

6o

You

know quite what it is but

charm seems to come to a great extent

him.
his

dont

He

from his utter lack of egotism.

has to

himself his

on

insist

never

affairs

or

those of his acquaintances.

How some people

recitals
How much

they talk

not

of themselves, but of their affairs

their

in life,

Oh

troubles.

But

if

note

joys

their

and

lot

and

their

those troubles.

we want

to

thing to be done

first

only

their acquaintances,

friends,

and

relatives,

such

bore us with

become magnetic the

is

to

drop the personal

we want

If

individually to develop our

magnetic properties

if

we want

semble the ideal portrait which

delineated we

own

light,

and

must cease

to

to

re-

have just

stand

in

lose sight of ourselves.

our

And

is to keep the
1
out of the conversapersonal pronoun

the

first

tion.
its

If

thing to be done,

it

is

worth anything, be assured

very mention

is

superfluous.

Phrenometry
In the next place

6i

avoid

admiration,

all

as far as possible. This desire for applause,

adulation and flattery

a subtle thing.

is

crops up at every turn

it

push our petty concerns

way

and even

at the

It

induces us to

into everybodys

to try to glorify ourselves

expense of others.

So,

you appear prompted

directly

to

speak or act with the desire for approbation

and do not be induced

reflect;

to

say or

do anything from such an unworthy and

contemptible motive.
Further, stop
possible:
often

bite

the

mannerisms, as

all

little

their

twitch nervously

People

affectations.

nails,
:

their

shuffle

whilst

far as

men

feet,

twist their

moustache, or pull their beard, or play with

their eyeglass.

Stop

such

habits;

exhaust

they

supplies of nervo-magnetism

the

they squan-

der the finer forces.

There

Some

are

other

sources

of

leakage.

people are living butterfly

lives

Phrenometry.

62
they are

never

trouble

never

quietly

They never

instant.

they

sit

still

think

have

no

there

They must be on

the

go

all

for

an

its too

much

time.

They

isnt

they never do any serious

worth

home

at

chance.

the time.

work

And

it isnt

it.

People of

this sort

must quiet down,

put the brake on for a

bit,

and

rule their

minds, actions and words, instead of being

carried hither
to

become

and

thither, ere they

truly magnetic.

can hope

They must

con-

serve their forces more, so that, instead of

allowing other people

consume

their

sap them, they can

own magnetism.

Another source
is

to

of waste of

magnetism

worry.

Dont grieve, dont

1

fret,

dont deplore!

have known people who deplored so

much

they have never

managed

to

do any-

thing else.
Dont, of course, be imprudent or rash

Phrenometry,

63

but do be bold and courageous.

Learn

to

endure.

how much ilLyou have done or

how much trouble has befallen you. Dont
Forget

over

grieve

penn'orth.

Get

milk.

spilt

It'll

another

pay you.

Dont think of the bothers that have gone

but

of

the

good things

store

in

that

must come.
Yes,

that

must come.

may remember,
lieve in luck
in cause

And

and

here

you grow a

you

Emerson,

said that, whilst fools be-

and chance, wise men believe

effect.

we have
habit,

it.

Sow an

act

and

grow a habit and you

reap a character, reap a character and you

harvest a destiny.

Luck and chance

are

employ when we

words good enough

to

are ignorant of this;

but, like

terms which we use, they

many

mean

other

little

or

nothing when we analyse them.

brave

man

has no use for such words

E

Phrenometry.

64

neither

has a sensible

man

nor

an

honest one.

Wise men
Here

is

believe in cause

and

effect.

the secret of the whole matter.

Tis in ourselves that

we

are thus

and

thus.

we would

If

trust,

perity,

see virtue, happiness, faith,

love, contentment,

magnetism,

personal success,

let

and

happiness, prostheir

corollary,

us be virtuous, happy,

faithful, trusting, loving, contented,

happy,

prosperous, magnetic, and successful ourselves.

Let us affirm that we are these things;

us assure ourselves that these conditions

let

are at our disposal, waiting to be claimed,

if

only we will take them; and

our

lives, instead of

let

us live

wasting our time and

neglecting our opportunities.

Let us
principal

ourselves.

make self-knowledge one

objects

of

of our

study and so know

Phrenometry,

Thus we

our personal mag-

shall develop

and become a centre

netism,

As we
we may,

each

of

harmony and

radiating joy, peace,

develop

success,
love.

magnetically

as

only we put the methods of the

if

pages

preceding

into

practice

find that our very glance

and piercing

and

of being shifty

ments, gaze

may

65

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that our eyes,

and uncertain

full at

instead

in their

the person

be addressing.

shall

becomes steady

move-

whom we

Argumentative, ag-

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disappear;

side will

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We

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Our very

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to

tranquil,

calm

and

self-

gestures will become

and our words

better adapted

convey the meaning that we intend

express;

all

chance of exaggeration and

misconception will be avoided;

know

just

going

to

to

we

shall

where we stand and how^ we are

be taken.

Phrenometry

66
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all

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is

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in

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we

shall

discover

the truth of those immortal words

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of heaven

is

within you.

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holiest

upon which our hearts may be

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