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any element of mind, all that is necessary is to 

 stop using it. Nature is a wonderful economist; 

 brain centers and nerve paths that are never used 

 gradually become weaker, and if kept absolutely 

 dormant for months or years may become so weak 

 as to have very little influence upon the charac- 

 ter. The parable of the hidden talent is a fact in 

 all nature. Whoever lays a power away for arr 

 considerable length of time will find that he h; 

 lost it, or at least that it has become greatl; 

 reduced. 



All vicious tendencies may be overcome. If 

 one has a violent temper, an abnormal appetite, 

 a perverted passion or a pompous pride, even Controlling the 

 though these spring from inherited tendencies or 

 are the product of years of brain building, if they 

 are laid aside by force of will and the grace of 

 God so that they are no longer indulged in, gradu- 

 ally, their physical basis will become weaker, their 

 tendency to action will be lessened, and finally the 

 soul will be freed from the control of these 

 abnormal desires. 



The fact of soul building through repeated 

 suggestions has just begun to attract the attention 

 of parents, teachers and reformers. The potency Soul Building by 

 of a suggestion in the healing of disease is admit- ug * cs 

 ted by all well informed, unprejudiced observers. 

 Few, however, appreciate the paramount import- 

 ance of the law of suggestion as a means of soul 

 growth. 



It has been demonstrated that even under hyp- 

 notic control, a subject will rarely, if ever, do that 

 which he has repeatedly affirmed while in his 

 normal state he would not do. A reformed 



