Hypnotism and hypnotic suggestion : A scientific treatise on the uses and possibilities of hypnotism, suggestion and allied phenomena / By thirty authors. Edited by E. Virgil Neal ... and Charles S. Clark.

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[1900], [©1900]
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Credit: Hypnotism and hypnotic suggestion : A scientific treatise on the uses and possibilities of hypnotism, suggestion and allied phenomena / By thirty authors. Edited by E. Virgil Neal ... and Charles S. Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    in the eyes of the world. I^apoleon, slight in stature, lacking a commanding presence, born poor and without opportunity, forced himself upon the world and made it subservient to him by the exercise of qualities that could not be defined. Madam De Stael, the least attractive of women, by her charming personality made the world do her homage and caused Napoleon to exile her. His beautiful and wealthy courtiers he tolerated and pitied,—■ they lacked that personality that made them dangerous,—but the magnetic, though otherwise insignificant, Madame De Stael he hated and feared as he never feared another. Personal niaR'netism in its perfection is not a heritage. It does not descend from father to son or from mother to daughter. True, it bears a more abundant fruitage in some natures than in others, like unto wheat sowed upon different grades of soil. But where there is intelligence in any human being there is latent personal magnetism. It may be fanned into a bright glow or it may be permitted to lie dormant, unused, inactive, wasted. The objects of this article are twofold; first, to arouse the reader to the fact that he has personal magnetism if he will but cultivate it; second, to give some specific instructions in regard to its development. Personal magnetism is more valuable than pecuniary Avealth, for it is not taxable and it is not subject to sheriff's sales. It is more abiding than fame, for it cannot be swept away in an in- stant. It is more enduring than honor, for it carries within itself the very germ of all these. That it is worthy of any one's serious attention need not be iterated; that true success Avithout it cannot be attained in any profession or calling, vocation or avocation, cannot be gainsaid. With it, all things are possible; without it, nothing is perfect. It is at once the steppingstone and the frui- tion of happiness; the exponent and the expression of power; a component part and the ultimate of success. Those Avho would cultivate personal magnetism must bear in mind four things: Pirst, it Avill not grow spontaneously. It is the result of careful^ painstaking, plodding, faithful effort. Second, as a condition precedent, he who would cultivate it must beget a confidence in himself. Third, it is never an active force