The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

fAN.iN l4ELts AH.4s DI tHf-rl+-a IL +f'-ttt"f
Psychology is the most potent infiu-
ence known 10 man. No thought Is ever
lost As Henry Wood has so Wen eX-
pressed it: There is not a thought but
has its due influence. The every idle
word for which men shall be judged.
when rightly interpreted, is a startling
psychological truth"
las a man thinketh IN his heart so is
he" Not the conscious thought Of the
moment makes him what he u.s. but
the sum total OF his previous thoughts.
Thought ls, indeed. the motive power
Of the universe. and psychological
thought the most potent Do not con-
found the teTIGs psychology and hyp-
notism. We frequently hear one say:
oh he has hypn0tized YOU" instead of
saying: ''He has psychological you"
a certain historian says Of Napoleon:
Among bis associates In the army, in
the councils OF the nation his word vas
law A look. a motion. a few quietly
uttered words were sufficient 10 COM
mand obedience. All felt the mystic
spen Of his power. Note the Instance
when Marshal NCy had been sent by
Louis XVIII 10 arrest the emperor on
his return from Elba. No sooner did the
marshal come within the spell OF Sapo-
Icons powerful suggestive genius than
he. himself surrendered to Napoleon,
and the combined forces marched
against the King. IN reading the his
tory Of France J have sometimes mag
ined continues the hisJOTisn) that Ma
poleon must have hypnotized the entire
French nation and then died without
removing the spell OF his genius. A
suggestion Of his spirit stlli bT0ods over
the land"
Although hypaOtism is suggestion.
suggestion is not necessarily hypHOtism.
In the case Of Napoleon 81 was his per
sonal magnetism and psychological pow
or that were evidenced il look. word,
and movement
The New Thought people are. man.
81 them, extremists and quite extrav-
agant in their ideas OF the attractive
power OF thought. The New Thought
Is not always right thought; nor is H. in
reality new thought. but, rather. the old
thought revived
Nearly twenty centuries ago The great
naturalist. Pliny. declared. There sure
Is exists In man certain power OF
changing, attracting. and binding what
ever he desires or wills 70 attract.
change. bind. or impede"
1 am a firm believer in thought vi
Dration and know. by experience, that
the psychological power thus exercised
has a most potent influence whether
II is used ia drawing things unto ones
self or IN projecting a spirit Of help
fulness and success 20 others.
EFanenr Fr-ssrrr--
Thus far and no farther. It's true-"AII
things come 10 him who will but wait''-
If he hustles while he waits.
The New Thought apostles say that
you can sit in the silence and attract
anything you desire-horses, carriages.
flowers, etc. l believe it-if YOU sit
long enough IN the silence; but / also
believe that the horses, carriages. and
flowers viii be those that come 10 your
funeral.
You may sit with folded arms and.
AicaWber like, expect something 10 turn
up, but you viii ind that it VIII faciIi-
tate matters very much If you go out
and turn Il up.
On the other hand. il Is not the nerv-
Gus, restless, eXcitably active person
who accomplishes most True energy
displays itself far more ImpressfveIv
in repose than in action. Napoleon.
with his arms crossed over his breast
Is more expressive OF power than the
famous Hercules beating the air with
his athletic fists.