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Siniiilv because every one of your cures can U- traced as justly to tin- 

 strange, mysterious, recuperative powers of natur*' as to your particular 

 nostrum or form of self-hypnotism. 



Thousands of invalids Iiunc got well iificr Ix-ing given uj> hv phy- 

 sicians, and got well without crossing their ling«'rs and reading your 

 book. In fact, most people, some time in their life, have miracnlously 

 recovered when it seemed they should have died. 



Hence, if you bottle Chicago river water and get enough i>eopl«' to 

 "just try" it, you can collect innumerable testimonials. Hut doubtless 

 if you i)ublished these you would not include in your report the e<pially 

 innumerable cases where the victim did n()t get well. 



No, ladies; 1 apjireciate your kindly interest in iny I'odijy health 

 and my soid's sal\ation. but I'm ^i>ing to stay lioucst and ><••• wliat 

 lia)>pens. 



\\ hell J am met l>v a proposition tlial is l>ased on fads, and not on 

 tile ignoring of them, tliat is reasoual)le and convincing, and that i> 

 substantiated by the known laws of evidence and sipiares with common 

 sense, I will embrace it. Otherwise, no: and thank you all the same. 



Nothing doing on the esoteric, the fuzz-wii/.zy, the ecstatic t)ie self- 

 hypnotic, the what-if-it-is-true-after-all-you-can't-tell. 



My intelligence may be pretty i»oor. but it's all 1 ha\f. I'm goinu 

 to stand by it and refuse to prostitute it. no matter what the bribe. 



The web of destiny is comjilex. I know, and none of us knows the 

 secret springs of life and events: Imt 1 have a notion that if a man 

 sticks to the truth as he sees it, and declines the lure of truth as he does 

 not see it, even if the latter promises health, wealth, and a hai»j»y ln-re- 

 after. he Avill be likely to come out about where his Creator intend«'d.' 



Using a library. Tlic host iiivostnuMii any (•(•nmuinity < an 

 make is to \m\\ catalogue, and keep np to dale a library 

 relatiiu'- to its interests and industries: and, in anv modem 

 sense of the \yord, that one is most efhcit'iitly rducaled who 

 hest knows how to use sucli a lihiary. if our local and sclnud 

 libraries are properly manaj^ed and cataloniied. it (Mi<;hl to 

 be easy to find quickly all that is known on every su])jeet 

 discussed in this book. If every member ol" the (lass is col- 

 lecting bulletins up to date and doing his share to h«dp, 



1 Bv Dr. Frank Crane, in the .Vssociated Newspapers. 



