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can help breathing unless you think Of
something else. AS long as man thinks
Of taking drink and nothing else he is
going to take a drink and God Almighty
cannot stop him. Nothing can stop him
except another thought. But just as
you are about decided to buy Cardinal
you remember the Belmont makes more
miles gallon. All! OF course, that is
the important thing-you must econo-
mize. You don't want to go at full
speed, anyhow. So miles a gallon,
miles a gallon" has you in its deadly
grip, and you are as certain now to buy
Belmont as you were buy a Cardi-
nal. But just at that critical moment
the thought comfort" strikes you full
force. My, my, of course. comfort above
everything the Cardinal has more
comfort, better cushions, shock absorb
ers, etc.
And so you go and so everybody goes
all through life, following their thoughts,
sistent thought, always.
Supplies Saving Thoughts"
Now, that is what this big-hearted,
big-brained railroad switchman, Frank
Wright, does for you-he gives you the
right thought at the right time-literal-
ly, he fills your mind with Saving
thoughts" For it is your thoughts and
your thoughts alone that make you a
criminal or a good citizen. Just as the
automobile agents did, he gives you a
large number of super-power thoughts
to guide your moral decisions.
For example. Wright asks children to
stop when in a tight place and ask
themselves how the thing they are
tempted to do would fit into their life
building If their lives were planned like
an engineer plans skyscraper. What
If, 10 years from now when people
looked at their building, it would show
the windows in the wrong place, the
stones out of line, and the like?
Again, he tells them their minds are
like the sensitive plate on a camera,
registering through all the senses the
picture that they permit to be regis
tered. They can open the shutter and
let in any pictures they like or any
thought they desire. Now, what if that
picture on the mind were open for every
body to see? But he tells them it is
open-that picture shows in your con-
duct, your manners, your treatment Of
others, your speech and all that you do
Let us take his lesson, Reading the
Price Tags Of Life" Wright says,
Where are these price tags? To what
are they attached? How may I learn
to read them for myself? Well, sup
pose you go into a grocery store and
have just 81 to spend. Every article is
labeled with price tag. Then If you
are sensible you ask yourself three ques-
tons:
81. What is the price OF this thing?
"2. Do need it?
g. Is 1t worth the price?
IF you invest your dollar with these
right thoughts in mind you come out
n ~, =
meat and milk and the foods that give
strength and health. But If you buy
thoughtlessly you come out with sweets
and knick-knackS, and the real worth
while foods are left behind-yet your
money Is all gone, just the same"
SO, Wright teaches, it is with life
Each human being has just SO much life
to invest, so much time and energy to
spend. And life is just great big store
with the price tag OF everything tied to
IT. Those who ask themselves, what is
the price; do need 1t; is it worth the
price build up will power, right desire.
right habits OF thinking-in short, char
acter. They use their reason, their COM
mon sense.
Wright's great appeal is to the chiid's
reason. 1t is he who has to make the
decision. He puts the whole response
bility up to the child-and gives him
these clear, reasonable thoughts to aid
MIN IN making the decision For in
stance, he asks his pupils, What is the
most important moment of every day?"
One little boy called out, Dinner time !"
Yes" Wright answers, but there is a
more important moment than that
o'clock in the evening, for that Is when
you are deciding how to invest your life
that evening""
NOW, If you have a large group of
these right thoughts seated in your very
nervous system at that moment Just like
buying the best automobile, you will
without effort decide on something
worth understanding with a good
price tag on 1t. So, you see, getting
hold OF the right thought at the right
moment and holding to it for dear life
is literally your salvation.
Time, Place and the Child.
These are only few samples from
Wright's Pathfinder philosophy. think
Wright has three things immensely in
his fayor-the time, the place and the
child. The child Is free, and his reason,
MS common sense, Is working at top
speed. The same with a criminal-he
Is for the moment free as air-free to
use his reason about life, even behind
prison walls. No prison authority-no
ak to grind, no law, no threats, no
parents, no teachers, no preachers-in
short, free from the one thing on earth
that keeps people from using their rea-
sons-namely, fear. Fear of tradition,
rear OF authority, fear of criticism, fear
OF future punishment-fear of punish
ment.
II l could sum it all up in word 1
should say this is Frank Wrights great
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