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THOUGHT=FORCE - In Business and Everyday Life: 179 total pages.

The less they deal in huge, mysterious words- The mightier is their power. * * * * * The simple peasant who observes a truth. And from the fact deduces principle, Adds solid treasure to the public wealth. The theorist who dreams a rainbow dream, And calls hypothesis philosophy, At best is but a paper financier Who palms his specious promises for gold. Facts are the basis of philosophy; Philosophy the harmony of facts." -Thomas L. Harris, in "Lyrics of a Golden Age." SALUTATORY. 9 LESSON I. SALUTATORY. Views of other writers-Erroneous theories-Vegetarianism-Celibacy-Vital fluid-Deep Breathing-Real progress made by investiga­tion, not by theories-Existence of personal magnetism unques­tioned-A self-evident truth-Results, not theories-No pet theories advanced-Accept nothing that you cannot demonstrate. "Theories are but mighty soap-bubbles, with which the grown-up children of science amuse themselves." The majority of writers upon this subject have devoted nearly all their efforts, as well as their space, to proving, first,

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