,transcriber's ,note3 ,minor typographical errors have been corrected without note4 ,irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed4 ,words printed in italics are noted with underscores3 italics4 ,,emancipation ,,menticulture ,,or ,,the ,a-,b-,c ,,of ,,true ,,living ,,by ,,horace ,,fletcher ,,chicago ,a4 ,c4 ,mc,c,l,u,r,g ,,company #ahie ,,copyright1 #ahie ,,by ,,horace ,,fletcher ,,contents ,,theory #ac ,a ,,personal ,,experience #be ,a ,,discussion #dg ,,plymouth ,,church ,,club ,,and ,,armour ,,institute #ei ,,diagnosis ,,and ,,remedy #fe ,a ,,prescription #gc ,,scraps ,,of ,,evidence #gg ,,first ,,principles ,,overlooked #aac ,,slaves ,,or ,,freemen--,,which8 #abc ,,organization #aci ,,hope #ade ,this little paper2 being a ,kindergarten presentation of a theory of menticulture through the elimination of the germs of the evil passions2 proven to be of practical benefit by a personal experience in every-day life2 was read before a gathering of ,mental ,scientists at ,new ,orleans4 ,at the request of a number of my friends ,i have had it put into printed form for them4 ,i have added the substance of a discussion which followed the reading of the paper1 a diagnosis1 a prescription1 some scraps of evidence from influential sources which have come to me1 some suggestions relative to the tendency to far-away search for happiness1 and a ray of hope that it can be found near at hand1 through ,emancipation4 ,,preface ,medical science had struggled for centuries with the repression and amelioration of physical disease before it discovered the possibility of prevention by killing the germ4 ,mental science pursued the same course of attempted repression in this country until quite recently it was found that mental afflictions have germs also1 and it naturally follows that any who are interested in the subject should try to discover1 not only the germs themselves1 but methods of getting rid of them4 ,the discovery that ,i have made is not new1 as ,christ1 ,buddha1 ,aristotle1 ,omar ,khayyam and many others1 have all suggested that the elimination of the evil passions is entirely possible2 but my special analysis of them1 and the easy method of defeat that ,i have found possible to myself1 have excited such interest1 that ,i have been induced to publish them1 without attempting to follow the subject beyond the elementary stage4 ,the theory that ,i have built up is based on a proper estimation of the limitations of mental weaknesses1 a discovery that they have roots1 and also that they can be pulled out by the roots and disposed of just like any other weeds2 only that the task1 being mental and not physical1 can be more easily performed4 ,literary grace has been sacrificed in the belief that redundant reference to the germs will be effective in bringing them into contempt4 ,,emancipation ,,theory ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry are ,germs ,all of the evil passions are traceable to one of two roots4 ,,anger is the root of all the aggressive passions4 ,,worry is the root of all the cowardly passions4 ,envy1 spite1 revenge1 impatience1 annoyance1 selfishness1 prejudice1 unrest1 and the like are all phases of anger4 ,jealousy1 fear1 the belittling of self1 the blues1 and all the introspective forms of depression are the children of worry4 ,anger and worry are the most unprofitable conditions known to man4 ,while they are in possession of the mind1 both mental and physical growth are suspended4 ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry are ,thieves ,anger and worry are thieves that steal precious time and energy from life4 ,anger is a highway robber and worry is a sneak thief4 ,anger and worry are the most potent forms of self-abuse1 for the reason that in many cases anger is the result of misunderstanding1 and in most cases worry's prophecies never come true2 or1 if they do1 the fulfilment is generally caused by the worry itself4 ,anger and worry do not stimulate to any good end4 ,anger and worry not only dwarf and depress1 but sometimes kill4 ,anger and worry are bad habits of the mind and not necessary ingredients4 ,anger and worry are no more necessary than other passions civilized man has learned to control1 and it is only needful to realize that they are unnecessary in order to make it impossible to feel1 much less to show them4 ,anger and worry cannot be eliminated through process of repression any more than a weed can be killed by cutting down the stalk1 or a cancer can be cured from the surface1 or the drinking habit can be gotten rid of by tapering off4 ,germ eradication is not only the easiest1 but the only sure cure for all physical diseases and mental handicaps4 ,the dispossession of anger and worry does not cause indifference or encourage indolence4 ,the natural tendency of the emancipated mind is towards growth1 both intellectual and spiritual1 just as the tendency of plant life is towards vigorous growth and perfect blossoming1 if it is kept free from the gnawings of cankerous worms4 ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry are ,parasites ,anger and worry are as much parasites as are the cankerous worms that attack plants4 ,the intelligent horticulturist knows that the worms are parasites1 picks them off his plant1 and throws them away too far to return4 ,the intelligent menticulturist of the future will treat anger and worry in the same intelligent manner4 ,it is not necessary to engage in battle the small army of lesser passions if you concentrate your efforts against anger and worry1 for they are all children of these parents4 ,oppose them with a bold front2 make one heroic stand against them and they and all of their children will fly4 ,disown them once and the ability to re-adopt them will have disappeared with them4 ,sidenote3 ,worry ,causes ,dissipation ,anger and worry1 especially worry1 are the cause of most of the drunkenness and other dissipations which are the curses of the age4 ,excuse for them or temptation to them is found in the desire to smother the depression which they themselves cause4 ,anger and worry are creations of the mind1 and can be dispelled by the same power that gave them birth4 ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry are ,phantoms ,anger and worry are caused by phantoms that we create within ourselves and whose only strength is that with which we endow them4 ,anger and worry are like echoes2 they do not exist until we call for them1 and the louder we call1 the louder is their response4 ,we can never drown them2 yet1 if let alone1 they drown themselves4 ,fear is possibly the truer name for the cowardly root-passion than worry2 but as they are synonymous1 and as anger and worry are more frequently used together1 and worry has a less formidable sound1 ,i have chosen to present it for attack under that title4 ,while the evil passions align themselves into two classes1 as the offshoots of ,anger and ,worry2 they are1 in fact1 all growths from one root4 ,worry 7or fear7 is the male principle1 as it were1 without which1 all the others wither and die4 ,for instance2 if we do not worry1 we do not fear2 and if we do not fear aggression1 or insult1 or slight1 we do not become angry4 ,we quarrel most frequently with what we fear is thought or intended by our adversary1 and least frequently with what he actually does or thinks4 ,on the other hand our adversary endows us with intentions which he himself creates1 and each puts his own fuel on the fire1 to increase the heat of the controversy4 ,in ,emancipation there is no fear1 7or worry7 and consequently no fuel for discord4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,disarms ,emancipation is a disarmament which disarms others1 but adds strength to itself4 ,to the ,emancipated every moment is a delight1 or a moment of calm1 during which he is susceptible only to good impressions1 and the best interpretation of everything1 no matter what the external conditions4 ,even in cases of sickness1 the tendency of the emancipated mind is so inclined to gratitude for the limitations of the calamity1 that it has little if any room left for regret4 ,its thankful appreciation of a half loaf of blessings1 leaves no place for disappointment that it is not a whole one1 and it certainly has no desire to question the wisdom of the process of evolution to which it is related4 ,to question or to regret the inevitable seems to the emancipated mind the greatest folly imaginable4 ,it certainly is as foolish as barking at the moon4 ,sidenote3 ,sweet ,sorrow ,sweet sorrow must not be classed with the depressing passions4 ,it is the tenderest expression of love4 ,if tears of love or of sympathy spring to the eyes1 do not repress them2 do not be ashamed of them2 they are like dew from ,heaven and promote the growth of the soul4 ,neither must friendly rivalry1 nor ambition to excel1 be classed as aggressions2 as they are phases of growth4 ,sidenote3 ,blesses or ,curses ,the disposition of the ,emancipated is to switch the current of the ,divine ,spark 7which is the energy of man7 on to wires that connect with motors belted to good acts1 and good thoughts1 and worthy appreciation1 and to cut out the circuits of worry and anger and their branch lines entirely1 leaving them to rust and decay through disuse4 ,it is a matter of voluntary selection4 ,the same effort of thought can be made to bless or to curse2 can stimulate to good or stimulate to bad2 can propel or retard2 can aid or obstruct2 can nourish or kill4 ,sidenote3 ,perfection is ,divinity ,nature uses the same atoms to perform many services of widely differing purpose4 ,where she is inanimate the blind and dumb law of the survival of the fittest rules supreme4 ,in her lowest forms of life this law begins to be modified by selection1 and protection from without4 ,in the higher forms of animal life memory1 and selection1 and division of labor1 and provision1 and gratitude1 show a degree of development that is beautiful indeed2 but it is left to man to perfect this development within himself4 ,to him is given the power1 through cultivation1 to promote1 without limit1 growth towards ,perfection1 which is the evidence of ,divinity in him4 ,soft mist1 down-falling1 from its cloud domain1 ,bathes all the thirsty land with gentle rain2 ,again1 to ,heaven ascends1 by sunbeams wooed1 ,then plunges back to earth in torrent mood4 ,as gentle rain it swells the softening seed2 ,in torrent force1 it wrecks with demon greed2 ,now1 like the radiance of a loving heart2 ,now1 like the scorching of a lightning dart4 ,the self-same atom1 hidden in a tear4 ,may shine with love1 or note a potent fear2 ,when bound to others form the flintiest stone2 ,or1 floating freely1 bear the subtlest tone4 ,thoughts are like atoms1 fashioned by the will2 ,each has a mission1 charged with good or ill2 ,sometimes to bless2 anon to desolate2 ,love's messenger2 or harbinger of hate4 ,in ,nature's hands1 one atom plays two parts1 ,as may be needed in her several arts2 ,in man alone1 should love forever shine2 ,displacing hate2 proclaiming man ,divine4 ,love1 and ,appreciation1 and ,gratitude1--the ever-present and ever-faithful handmaids of ,emancipation1--are the natural and only conditions favorable to growth2 they are the less assertive but stronger attributes which are always waiting to occupy the places left vacant by anger and worry1 and to fill the void which ,nature abhors4 ,born of them is that other ,divine attribute called ,help or ,charity1 and together they stimulate to good action and good thought1 and lift into life that plant of the soul1 the ,divine ,responsibility of each member of the human family4 ,anger and worry are the rankest forms of ,egotism4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation not ,phariseeism ,emancipation is the reverse of ,phariseeism4 ,phariseeism is self-sufficiency2 while ,emancipation shows its desire for growth1 through the preparation of its mental and spiritual entity for unimpaired growth1 by clearing it of the weeds of egotism4 ,a ,,personal ,,experience ,sidenote3 ,ernest ,francisco ,fenollosa ,it was my privilege one evening to be with ,prof4 ,fenollosa in his ,japanesque apartment in ,boston4 ,almost every article in view was the product of some ,japanese artist who had been the friend of ,prof4 ,fenollosa in ,japan4 ,the odor of incense added perceptibly to the calming influence of the environment4 ,sidenote3 ,we had met in ,japan ,many years ago we had met in far-off ,japan amid similar surroundings1 and had discussed theories of true living that had been a source of great pleasure to me1 and whose influence had been with me to many countries and climes1 helping me to enjoy more fully than ,i otherwise could1 the beauties of nature1 and of art1 and of life4 ,we were exchanging the experiences of the intervening years1 and ,i became acutely interested in his account of the wonderful degree of culture and self-control attained by some of his ,japanese friends through the practice of the ,buddhist discipline4 ,it was all so interesting and beautiful1 that under the spell of the recital and the surroundings1 ,i longed to taste some of the sweets of the calm he pictured1 and begged him to tell me the process of the discipline1 so that perchance ,i might follow it and reap some of the benefits4 ,the philosopher saw that ,i was serious in my desire1 and his face lit up with approval as he said1 ,it is not easy to communicate at a sitting what took me years of study to learn1 but ,i can at least put you in the way of a start4 ,i can tell you where to begin to grow4 ,you must first get rid of anger and worry4 ,but1 said ,i1 is that possible8 ,yes1 replied he1 it is possible to the ,japanese1 and ought to be possible to us4 ,i was startled at the suggestion of the possibility of the entire repression of anger and worry4 ,i knew that their repression was counselled by ,christianity and ,buddhism1 and presumably by all codes of religion and ethics2 but ,i had never considered getting rid of them as a human possibility1 except under conditions of health and wealth and ease1 to which few1 if any1 ever attain4 ,sidenote3 ,get rid of ,anger and ,worry ,on my walk back to the ,parker ,house1 a distance of fully two miles1 ,i could not think of anything else but the words1 get rid1 get rid2 and the idea must have continued to possess me during my sleeping hours1 for the first consciousness in the morning brought back the same thought1 with the revelation of a discovery1 which framed itself into the reasoning1 ,if it is possible to get rid of anger and worry1 why is it necessary to have them at all8 ,i felt the strength of the argument and at once accepted the reasoning4 ,the baby had discovered that it could walk4 ,it would scorn to creep any longer4 ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry ,instantly ,removed ,from the instant ,i realized that these cancer spots of worry and anger were removable1 they left me4 ,with the discovery of their weakness they were exorcised4 ,from that time life has had an entirely changed aspect4 ,although from that moment the possibility and desirability of freedom from the depressing passions has been a reality to me1 it took me some months to feel absolute security in my new position2 but1 as the usual occasions for worry and anger have presented themselves over and over again1 and ,i have been unable to feel them in the slightest degree1 ,i no longer dread or guard against them1 and ,i am amazed at my increased energy and vigor of mind2--at my strength to meet situations of all kinds1 and at my disposition to love and appreciate everything4 ,sidenote3 ,wonderful ,photographic ,films ,sidenote3 ,sensitive only to ,good ,i have had occasion to travel more than ten thousand miles by rail since that morning2 ,north1 ,south1 ,east and ,west1 with the varying comforts and discomforts1 as they used to be4 ,the same ,pullman porter1 conductor1 hotel waiter1 peddler1 book-agent1 cabman1 and others1 who were formerly a source of annoyance and irritation have been met1 but ,i am not conscious of a single incivility4 ,all at once the whole world has turned good to me4 ,i am sure the change is not so much in the world as in me4 ,i have become1 as it were1 sensitive only to the rays of good1 as some photographic films of recent invention are sensitive only to certain single colored rays of light4 ,if we are wise we never leave school4 ,when the academy and the college have put us through their curriculum1 we have still before us the example of ,nature1 and the walks of ,science1 and ,art1 and ,brotherhood1 in which to search for suggestions to be applied in menticulture4 ,may we not learn a lesson from the newly discovered film8 ,should not the chemical condition of selection be more difficult than a similar voluntary mental accomplishment8 ,in comparison with a similar process in physics the more pliable material of the mind ought to be fashioned with greater ease4 ,sidenote3 ,a ,fortunate ,disappointment ,i could recount many experiences which prove a brand new condition of mind1 but one more will be sufficient4 ,without the slightest feeling of annoyance or impatience ,i have seen a train that ,i had planned to take with a good deal of interested and pleasurable anticipation1 move out of a station without me1 because my baggage did not arrive4 ,the porter from the hotel came running and panting into the station just as the train pulled out of sight4 ,when he saw me he looked as if he feared a scolding1 and began to tell of being blocked in a crowded street and unable to get out4 ,when he had finished1 ,i said to him1 ,it doesn't matter at all1 you couldn't help it1 so we will try it again to-morrow4 ,here is your fee1 ,i am sorry you had all this trouble in earning it4 ,the look of surprise that came over his face was so filled with pleasure that ,i was repaid on the spot for the delay in my departure4 ,next day he would not accept a cent for the service1 and he and ,i are friends for life4 ,the sequence of this incident has no bearing on its value1 but it has a significance4 ,had ,i taken the train ,i missed1 ,i would have been caught in a wreck in which two persons were killed and several wounded1 while my stay over in ,cleveland proved to be both pleasant and profitable4 ,during the first weeks of my experience ,i was on guard only against worry and anger2 but1 in the meantime1 having noticed the absence of the other depressing and dwarfing passions1 ,i began to trace a relationship1 until ,i was convinced that they are all growths from the two roots ,i have specified4 ,i have felt the freedom now for so long a time that ,i am sure of my relations toward it2 and ,i could no more harbor any of the depressing and thieving influences that once ,i nursed as a heritage of humanity than a fop would voluntarily wallow in a filthy gutter3 and the strength of the position is reinforced by the experience of others4 ,sidenote3 ,the ,religions ,there is no doubt in my mind that pure ,christianity1 and pure ,buddhism1 and the ,mental ,sciences1 and all ,religions1 fundamentally teach what has been a discovery to me2 but none of them have presented it in the light of a simple and easy process of absolute elimination4 ,all of the religions seemed to me to hinge principally on some other life1 with the usual features of punishment and reward1 and with incidental satisfaction or fear in this life4 ,but as life reveals itself to me in my present condition of mind1 this world1 these fellow men1 the blush of ,spring1 the blossom of ,summer1 the flame of ,autumn1 the sparkle of ,winter1 and the violet-softened refulgence of every waking moment yield a never failing succession of delights4 ,sidenote3 ,fear ,eliminated ,at one time ,i wondered if elimination of the passions would not lead to indifference and sloth4 ,in my experience the contrary is the result4 ,i feel such an increased desire to do something useful that it seems as if ,i were a boy again and the energy for play had returned4 ,i could fight as readily as1 7and better7 than ever1 if there were occasion for it4 ,it does not make one a coward4 ,it can't1 since fear is one of the things eliminated4 ,sidenote3 ,surprise ,modified ,that fear is gotten rid of with worry is proven in many ways4 ,i notice the absence of timidity in the presence of any audience ,i am called on to face1 whereas ,i had never before conquered a tendency to partial paralysis on such occasions4 ,timidity resulting from a shock has been cured also4 ,when ,i was a boy ,i was standing under a tree which was struck by lightning and received a shock1 from the effects of which ,i never knew exemption until ,i had dissolved partnership with worry4 ,since then lightning1 and thunder1 and storm clouds1 with wind-swept torrents of rain have been encountered under conditions which formerly would have caused great depression and discomfort1 without experiencing a trace of either4 ,surprise is also greatly modified1 and one is less liable to become startled by unexpected sights or noises4 ,temperaments may differ1 but ,emancipation strengthens all4 ,it has been suggested to me1 in argument1 that in ,nature there is sunshine and shadow1 and that every height must have a corresponding depression1 and that immunity from the black or shadowy passions is an unnatural condition4 ,this is not true4 ,in the process of growth and evolution1 conditions that once were natural1 are changed to other conditions equally natural4 ,weeds are pulled up by the roots to clear the fields for the growing grain4 ,why should not mental weeds be pulled up by the roots also1 and the mind cleared for growth8 ,my experience teaches me that the natural evolution of the emancipated mind is dominant calm1 varied by seasons of exaltation1 but never of depression4 ,it is a healthful succession of energy and rest1 all blessed with loving appreciation1 which finds expression in ever-present gratitude4 ,sidenote3 ,i thanked the clock ,one morning recently ,i heard myself audibly thank the clock for striking the time for me1 and each awakening is as if on a much desired holiday1 no matter what the conditions of the weather or the comforts of life at hand4 ,contentment and happiness and gratitude and ,heaven are generally accepted as synonymous terms2 but ,emancipation embraces them all1 and in it only can they all be found4 ,sidenote3 ,heaven ,here ,as far as ,i am individually concerned ,i am not bothering myself at present as to what the result of this emancipated condition may be4 ,i have no doubt that the perfect health aimed at by ,christian ,science may be one of the possibilities1 for ,i note a marked improvement in the way my stomach does its duty in assimilating the food ,i give it to handle1 and ,i am sure it works better to the sound of a song than under the friction of a frown4 ,neither am ,i wasting any of this precious time formulating an idea of a future existence or a future ,heaven4 ,the ,heaven that ,i have found within myself is as attractive as any that has been promised or that ,i can imagine2 and ,i am willing to let the growth lead where it will1 as long as anger and worry and their brood have no part in misguiding it2 but ,i feel the value of ,mental ,emancipation to be so great that ,i long to spread the news of the discovery of an easy and immediate means of attaining it4 ,sidenote3 ,practical ,benefits ,sidenote3 ,everything to ,woman ,the practical benefit of the emancipated mind to the individual1 and of the emancipated individual to the community1 can not be over-estimated4 ,in every walk in life ,emancipation is invaluable to the worker1 and the most potent aid to success4 ,the emancipated peanut vender will have more customers than his worm-eaten neighbor4 ,the emancipated merchant will find that trade will pass the door of his calamity-howling rival and come to him4 ,the emancipated writer will find writing an easy and pleasant task as compared with that of his moody confrere1 and that if he has occasion to dip his pen in vinegar he can wield it better under the influence of judicial calm than he can between the gulps of rebellious indigestion4 ,to woman ,emancipation means everything4 ,any other condition to her is like an ill fitting garment1 and every lapse from it is like adding a blotch to her complexion which succeeding smiles can never entirely efface4 ,each expression of a shadowy passion leaves a scar4 ,the ,emancipation of woman would mean the ,emancipation of the race4 ,the adoption of the germ cure will be woman's means to that end1 and ,emancipation will be her ,heaven and man's ,heaven at the same time4 ,the influence of emancipated individuals in a community could be made so great that if there were only one in ten1 and they should organize in clubs for the purpose1 they would attract or rule the rest for good1 and something better than the social ,utopia pictured by ,edward ,bellamy in ,looking ,backward would follow as a natural sequence1 and save us from the threatened battle between capital and labor1 which otherwise seems inevitable4 ,the horrors of such a conflict cannot be imagined2 and1 unless the germ cure is sought to avert it1 it is sure to come4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,cures ,all ,ills ,the germ cure of the evil passions in the individual1 followed by the germ cure of social clumsiness in the body politic1 form the only hope of ,emancipation from the evils which beset the social structure4 ,for these there is no real necessity4 ,there is already such a surplus of mechanical energy1 such a surplus of creature comforts1 and such a surplus of luxuries on our planet1 that a moderately sensible distribution of them1 would render every inhabitant comfortable and happy4 ,among the ,emancipated the desire to make a generous distribution of these surplus stores would be as natural as is the habit of recognizing the rule of the road among us all to-day4 ,so also1 the vast amount of surplus energy born of ,emancipation would find a natural outlet in the arts4 ,in suggesting the possibility of a ,social ,paradise or ,community ,heaven1 it is presupposed that education along the lines of both intellectual and manual training will have become universal1 and that every one shall render service to his fellows according to his strength2 also that idleness1 when one should work1 and deception in trade1 will have come to be classed as crimes1 and not as evidences of shrewdness4 ,sidenote3 ,thirty years of ,travel ,it has been my good fortune to travel to and fro over the earth's surface for thirty years1 years of experience passed among the people of many different nations4 ,i have made quick comparisons of the habits and customs of them all2 and ,i have observed how easily some do things that others perform clumsily4 ,the standard measure of my comparison has always been ,japan4 ,i could not help observing there less crime1 better appreciation of art and nature1 more physical dexterity and skill1 fewer notes out of harmony1 and more general happiness1 gentleness1 and consideration for fellows and animals2 less 7almost no7 religious or sectional prejudice2 a universal patriotism and respect for authority 7as good children are respectful of the authority of beloved parents72 a love of life1 but no fear of death2 and many other qualities that have commanded the respect of the world under the bright light of recent events4 ,sidenote3 ,brave ,little ,japan ,sidenote3 ,world's ,congress of ,religions ,brave1 gentle1 artistic1 lovable little ,japan1 which1 thirty odd years ago1 was nursing in quiet seclusion a beautiful flower of artistic civilization1 has been rudely but providentially forced into the community of nations to teach the rest of the world a great lesson in the art of true living4 ,by the exercise of judicious but resistless courage she has laid the ,oriental ,colossus who attacked her at her feet2 and if the bulldog and buzzard nations of the ,west1 do not unite their forces to obstruct her inclination1 she will lift her fallen foe from a condition of slavery to barbarous aliens to a condition of tranquillity and happiness4 ,she will do this through the introduction of reforms in government and administration which she has gathered from the best experience of all the world4 ,what a missionary ,japan is6 ,a missionary of the art of true living4 ,a missionary of harmony4 ,the contact of ,japan with the other nations made the ,world's ,congress of ,religions possible2 and what this means to the advancement of man on the road to harmony and happiness1 was recently stated by ,prof4 ,max ,muller1 when he prophesied that this event would come to be appreciated as the greatest civilizing influence of the ,nineteenth century4 ,sidenote3 ,extremes ,brought ,together ,may the example of ,japan set the boors of the world to thinking1 cause them to take their fore feet out of the trough1 look up to the sun and the light of dawning civilization1 accept the simple teachings of ,christ and ,buddha and common sense1 and start a ,heaven here on earth4 ,steam and electricity have brought the extremes of our earth together2 the telescope has let us into the secrets of the neighboring worlds1 and logic and common sense may find in the possibility of ,emancipation a means of bringing ,heaven to us in this life4 ,a ,,discussion ,,which ,,followed ,,the ,,reading ,,of ,,the ,,foregoing ,,paper ,can anger and worry be entirely eliminated from the human mind8 ,yes2 they are simply bad habits of the mind1 parasites1 unnatural1 and therefore uncivilized conditions1 nursed by false ideas of pride or necessity2 and their elimination is a purely mental process within the control of every intelligent person who has sufficient self-respect to recognize within himself the reflection of the ,divine ,image4 ,in what does the germ cure of mental ills differ from the ,christian method of repression through answer to prayer8 ,sidenote3 ,christ ,advocated ,germ ,cure ,christ clearly advocated the germ cure4 ,he did not say ',try to do unto others as you would have others do unto you1' but ',do unto others1' etc4 ',be ye perfect as your ,father in ,heaven is perfect4' ,in all of his teachings do and be were the commands4 ,most of the creeds1 however1 endow man with a weakness which is self-condemning4 ,the prayers are offered perfunctorily1 and sometimes without belief in their efficacy1 while the passions are nursed privately in full belief that they are essential attributes of fallen man4 ,may not the elimination of anger and worry take away some of the stimulation to effort that is necessary to human progress8 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation not ,weakness ,assuredly not4 ,the absence of anger and worry is an evidence of strength and not of weakness4 ,so-called righteous anger is a weakness in the presence of judicial calm4 ,without anger and worry one is stronger to ward off a blow1 administer a correction1 or protect a principle4 ,the emancipated mind is as eager for effort as a child is for play4 ,freed from anger and worry one can shovel more dirt1 plough more furrows1 perform every duty better1 and with less fatigue1 than if under their influence4 ,are there examples in every-day life1 among every-day people1 that prove the possibility of superiority over anger and worry8 ,sidenote3 ,the ,strongest ,evidence ,yes4 ,habitually profane men do not swear in the presence of ladies4 ,vicious men are gentle when among those whom they respect4 ,the passions are subservient to the will under conditions that reverence or fashion prescribe4 ,if they are subservient under any conditions they can be controlled under all conditions4 ,nothing for instance1 could make you angry while we are talking on this subject1 because you would feel ashamed to show slavery to a condemned and unmanly weakness4 ,if it is possible to get rid of the depressing passions1 and they are so unprofitable1 why has not mankind become emancipated long before this8 ,sidenote3 ,why not ,always ,known ,this question can best be answered by asking others4 ,why were a personal devil and witches and filmy ghosts considered possibilities as late as the beginning of this century8 ,why was human slavery believed to be a divine institution by the majority of the world's inhabitants as late as fifty years ago8 ,why are the divine right of kings1 and the assumption that the sovereign can do no wrong1 possibilities of the present8 ,why is it possible that a ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states can be divided on questions of political significance1 and the points of difference of opinion be in harmony with the previous political affiliations of the justices8 ,politics represent the selfish in human contact as at present managed1 while justice is supposed to be spotlessly unselfish2 yet the former unblushingly invades the sanctuary of the latter1 because selfishness is held to be a necessity4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation not ,selfish ,is not the condition of ,emancipation selfish8 ,is it not selfish not to worry for one's friend1 even if self-worry is eliminated8 ,emphatically1 no6 ,emancipation puts one in a condition to be unselfish4 ,suppose his friend need aid or sympathy2 will worry furnish either8 ,with the extirpation of the depressing passions comes the strength1 and the ability1 and the desire1 to give to others1 the aid and sympathy they may be in need of4 ,actual1 or even metaphorical1 wringing of hands1 is not the sort of sympathy that soothes4 ,it is like the blind leading the blind1 or rather1 the weak trying to assist the weak4 ,better try to help with the strength born of ,emancipation than with the weakness of the enervating passions4 ,i can easily understand how anger can be classed as a sin1 because it is aggressive and affects something outside of us2 as a sin1 ,i can see how it ought to be cast out2 but as worry deals only with one's self1 ,i do not believe it can be called a sin2 then why is it necessary to eliminate it1 especially as it may be an incentive to action1 to prevent the causes of the worry8 ,this whole question has been answered before in the presentation of the theory1 but as it has not carried the force of impression that ,i intended1 ,i will take it up piecemeal1 and try to be more clear4 ,sidenote3 ,one's ,first ,duty ,in the first place1 one's first duty is to one's self in the matter of cultivation and care2 this1 not on account of egotism or selfishness1 but in order to fit him to be strong and useful and a good member of his circle4 ,as a parent1 he should make himself the most perfect progenitor and example possible2 as a member of ,society he should aim to be the most able and useful2 and as the custodian of the ,divine ,essence within him1 he should not harbor or encourage weeds of the soul1 whether visible to others1 or within the secret corners of his own heart4 ,as to worry ever being an incentive to wise or good action1 ,i will repeat a section of the theory4 ',worry's prophesies are seldom realized1 and if they are1 the realization is generally caused by the worry itself4' ,how can emancipation be secured for the community8 ,sidenote3 ,woman's ,opportunity ,through the influence of the emancipated individual2 chiefly through the influence of the emancipated woman4 ,in the crossing of sabers she cannot assist2 but in a war against the enemies of the mind1 when love is the weapon1 she can and will occupy a place in the front rank4 ,she can make anger and worry unfashionable1 as she already has made profanity and obscenity unfashionable4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,clubs ,to accomplish this1 let clubs be formed in each community and in each church1 and let each church become a club-house as well4 ,introduce healthful amusements such as make other clubs attractive1 and place in large letters over the portal and the altar ,,growth ,,emancipation ,,help4 ,you will have then constantly before you the only cure for mental cancers1 and the essence of all religions expressed in three words2 you will have touched the button of the ,divine camera within you whose film is sensitive only to the rays of good4 ,love and growth will do the rest4 ,the teachers of morality and religion will do abler work under the realization that not only the 'old ,adam1' but the ,divine ,essence as well1 have seats in each human soul1 and that1 when the good is appealed to in terms of confidence and understanding1 evil will be cast out instantly1 without a lifetime of controversy1 and without waiting for eternity1 or even for the death-bed to unloose the fetters4 ,sidenote3 ,christian ,societies ,as a result of organization on the basis of ,emancipation1 and when it has become an accepted fact that anger and worry are only bad habits of the mind1 no clergyman can show them and retain the respect of his congregation2 no ,king's ,daughter can entertain them and be worthy of her badge2 no member of the ,christian ,endeavor ,society can harbor within himself the arch enemies of ,christianity which the ,master commanded his disciples to cast out1 and be loyal to his cause2 and no individual in the pursuit of duty1 or even of selfish pleasure1 can afford to carry such weighty handicaps and hope to win the race4 ,,plymouth ,,church ,,club ,,and ,,armour ,,institute ,sidenote3 ,frank ,w4 ,gunsaulus ,a good example of a church club is that which forms a part of ,plymouth ,church in ,chicago4 ,plymouth ,club was founded by ,dr4 ,scudder and is warmly encouraged by ,dr4 ,frank ,w4 ,gunsaulus1 the present pastor of the church4 ,dr4 ,gunsaulus is also president of ,armour ,institute1 where manual training is taught side by side with letters and the sciences to men and women alike4 ,in these two eminently practical organizations most of the conditions favorable to growth are already furnished4 ,add to these ,emancipation as the motto of the club1 and as the requisite mental accomplishment for admission to the school1 and the conditions will be perfected to the highest degree4 ,the word ,emancipation has a very formidable sound because it is associated with a great war2 but its attainment through germ eradication is a simple and easy accomplishment4 ,sidenote3 ,college ,presidents ,responsible ,the presidents of great mental and manual training institutions know that the depressing and dwarfing phantoms of the mind are merely bad habits--weeds that can be rooted out--and that anger and worry are the roots4 ,they have provided commodious buildings1 learned professors1 the most perfect chemical and mechanical appliances1 and thousands of books1 to aid mental and manual culture2 and yet1 they fail to apply the first principle of all their sciences to the preparation of the pupil4 ,in horticulture they do not tolerate worms or weeds2 in chemistry they first examine into the purity of the ingredients2 and in mechanics the greatest care is taken to avoid friction4 ,anger and worry are conditions of extreme mental friction1 which1 during their presence1 stop the progressive action of the mental machine4 ,it would impose no impossibility1 neither would it entail any hardship1 to require of students that they should subscribe to the following3 ,science teaches1 and experience corroborates the fact1 that the depressing or evil passions are bad habits of the mind1 and not necessary ingredients4 ,anger and worry are the roots of the evil passions and can be pulled out4 ,in order to promote the best possible growth it is required that ,emancipation should be the rule of life of the student4 ,sidenote3 ,a ,rule of ,life ,under the suggestion of the possibility of ,emancipation from undesirable mental enemies1 emanating from so respected a source as the faculty of a chosen college1 the student would acquire the prerequisite condition of faith2 while the absorbing work of college life1 surrounded by fellows working in sympathy with him1 would strengthen the faith into a belief2 and the immediate recompense of harmony would be evidence of its value as a rule of life4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation will ,spread ,from the school the student would carry the rule back into the family1 and into all walks in life2 and with the aid of present means of communication the influence would spread the world over1 disarm the prodigious preparations for struggle that are being made1 and distribute the palm branch to take the place of the sword4 ,will not the great educators whom the world respects so highly1 and in whom it has so much faith1 try the experiment8 ,the promised fruit is worth the trial4 ,,diagnosis ,,and ,,remedy ,sidenote3 ,degeneration ,it is believed by many1 that ,society and ,politics1 at the present time1 are badly diseased4 ,mr4 ,max ,nordau's diagnosis of them1 which he entitled ,degeneration1 has met with general approval4 ,legislative 7especially municipal7 corruption1 and the degradation of some of the courts1 are open evidence of the fact4 ,statesmanship and ,politics have been divorced1 and are already strangers to each other4 ,the marriage of ,might and ,right1 has been sanctioned by popular consent4 ,power is no longer used as a lever with which to uplift the weak1 but has been transformed into a social crushing machine4 ,caste1 ostentation1 dissipation1 and insincerity1 are the established idols that lure the present generation towards greedy ambition4 ,sidenote3 ,ready to ,break ,it is also believed1 and is perhaps true1 that the social ulcers have been so irritated by ostentatious rivalry1 and the commercial ulcers are so distended with the pus of ruinous competition and corruption1 that they must soon come to a head1 and that convalescence and cure may be possibilities of the future4 ,while these symptoms of disease are visible to all1 and are tolerated as necessary evils1 they fortunately do not cover the whole body politic2 but yet1 they seriously disfigure its face1 and grievously affect the healthy action of its heart4 ,in the political world1 many agents are actively at work to effect cure of the evils which flaunt unblushing in the face of the public4 ,the ,committee of ,seventy in ,new ,york1 ,the ,civic ,federation in ,chicago1 and the ,national ,municipal ,reform ,league of the ,united ,states1 are all doing good temporary work1 but they do not reach the root causes of the evils they aim to correct2 and it is doubtful if the reforms they accomplish will be any more permanent than were those of their equally zealous predecessors4 ,sidenote3 ,slow ,repression ,futile ,in the moral and religious world1 much the same futile methods of cure through repression are in use that obtained during the ,dark ,middle ,ages4 ,in the individual1 phantoms of the imagination1 whose presence impose stagnation and disease1 are created and clothed with the authority of masters1 under the belief that they are the curses which bind fallen men to earth2 and this in contradiction of every assurance and promise of ,christ2 in opposition to all intelligent methods of culture used in connection with animals and plants2 and contrary to common sense4 ,these are strong statements1 but they are indisputable2 and if they are true1 what then1 is the remedy8 ,as previously stated1 the only cure is the germ cure2 and1 beginning with the individual4 ,sidenote3 ,task not ,difficult ,the task is not a difficult one4 ,appreciation of the limitations of the power of the depressing passions1 and one's strength to extirpate them1 and to be superior to them1 are the only necessary prerequisites to victory4 ,there is no tedious discipline1 as in the various methods of repression in vogue2 and dividends are immediately and continuously collectable on the fair face of the investment4 ,no rule of conduct is necessary2 for1 out of ,emancipation1 only good conduct1 to fit environing circumstances1 can be expected2 and yet1 every ,christian1 every ,jew1 every ,buddhist1 every ,mohammetan1 every ,free ,mason1 and every ,odd ,fellow1 can accept ,emancipation as a rule of life1 without renouncing his other faiths and affiliations1 because it is the fundamental principle of them all1 expressed in terms of present knowledge1 and unclouded by the shadows of ignorance and superstition1 which gave the name of ,dark ,ages to a period of our history4 ,sidenote3 ,skeptics ,interested ,and outside of these devotees1 there is the great mass of men1 the so-called ,skeptics1 who claim to adhere to logic1 and scientific sense1 for their light on spiritual1 as well as on material subjects4 ,to these1 ,emancipation will be a haven of repose for their spiritual yearnings2 and1 unimpeded growth1 under ,divinely natural conditions1 will do the rest for them all4 ,,prescription ,sidenote3 ,a ,simple ,remedy ,one grain of the assurance of ,christ that man is made in the image of ,god4 ,one grain of respect for the responsibility of the care and culture of the ,divine ,essence with which we have been entrusted4 ,one grain of the command of ,christ 7implying a possibility7 ,be ye perfect1 as your ,father in ,heaven is perfect4 ,one grain of the example of ,buddha that man can grow to perfection through the elimination of anger and worry and their brood of dependent passions4 ,one grain of the wisdom of ,aristotle which declared that the passions are habits of the mind1 and can be gotten rid of as physical habits are gotten rid of4 ,one grain of the assurance of ,omar ,khayyam that ,heaven and ,hell are within ourselves4 ,one grain of the assurance of ,christ that the ,kingdom of ,heaven is at hand4 ,one grain of common sense applied to an analysis of mental handicaps and the discovery of their limitations4 ,one grain of the to-day experience of the author that anger and worry are the roots of all the passions which depress1 and can be eliminated4 ,,directions ,sidenote3 ,the ,ever-full ,never-full ,take3 and then let ,the ever-full1 never-full bounty of love1 ,sing a song1 tell a tale1 strike a chord1 from above1 ,soften strife out of life1 find a pleasure in giving1 ,sound the key-note on earth1 of the ,art of ,true ,living4 ,,scraps ,,of ,,evidence ,sidenote3 ,evidence ,sought ,early in life ,i was fortunate enough to acquire the belief that1 what seemed to be the consensus of opinion of the learned in any art or science1 ought to be true2 and1 accepting their dictum1 ,i have tried to grow up to an appreciation of their intelligence or taste in the subjects of their study1 without combatting it with my own callow impressions4 ,in this way ,i have enjoyed an early appreciation of the classics in music and in art1 much in advance of the ordinary experience derived from personal contact4 ,in this spirit of investigation ,i have collected some scraps of evidence which all prove my theory4 ,no one has denied the possibility of ,emancipation1 but every one has found a pleasure at once in the ray of hope it suggests4 ,since my attention has been directed to the possible total emancipation from the depressing passions1 ,i have taken occasion to interview every man who seemed to enjoy unclouded happiness1 as to the secret of his happiness4 ,in almost every instance ,i have learned that the emancipated condition has dated1 not from infancy and inheritance1 but from some incident in later life that exposed the passions to ridicule1 or showed them to be a cause of danger2 such as death as the result of worry1 or crime as the result of anger2 some object lesson which proved the danger of permitting the passions to absorb one4 ,i enquired of ,a ,,physician ,sidenote3 ,a ,physician ,sidenote3 ,possessed of ,devils ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,assures ,success who has recently been selected by vote of the members of his profession to a position of honor among them1 and who is conspicuous for his enjoyment of such healthful recreation as only much younger men usually enjoy1 whether he did not consider anger and worry habits of the mind1 and not as necessary ingredients4 ,certainly1 said he1 and ,i know it to be true by the best possible evidence1 the evidence of experience4 ,after some further questioning ,i was able to get from him the following story3 ,when ,i was a boy ,i had an ungovernable temper which brought from my neighbors the prediction that ,i would come to some bad end4 ,at school ,i was known as one of the four or five 'roosters4' ,there was scarcely a day that a ring was not formed1 and some of us 'roosters' did not engage in a fight4 ,i followed my studies pretty closely1 however1 in pursuance of a natural inclination to be 'on top1' but without any laudable ambition in connection with them1 and finally graduated in medicine and began practice4 ,i suffered great annoyance from horses and servants1 and quarreled with them constantly1 and got mad at my patients if they showed any unreasonable tendencies2 until one day it came to me as a sudden revelation1 that1 what most hindered them from getting well1 was the very thing that possessed me the greater part of the time1 and made me disagreeable to myself and others2 and ,i resolved to master myself as ,i had tried to master others4 ,from that time ,i date my success in life1 and certainly my happiness4 ,i will not allow anything to worry me4 ,if a driver or other servant does not please me1 ,i do not quarrel with him1 but pay him off1 and let him go with the best of feeling4 ,i have a collector who is very faithful1 and very candid at the same time4 ,when he fails to collect an account that is due1 ,i sometimes ask him the reason1 and he repeats to me what my patient has said4 ,one day ,i questioned him about an account that had been long overdue1 against a patient whom ,i met cordially every day at the club1 but who was evidently 'short' at the time and suffered annoyance from collectors4 ',what did he say8'said ,i4 ',he said1 sir1 ,tell the doctor to go to hell1 replied the honest collector4 ,most men would have taken offense at the message1 and prosecuted his patient for the debt1 or 'cut' him1 or expressed anger in some way2 but ,i simply didn't go where he had ordered1 and never referred to the matter with him4 ,we are the best of friends now1 and he is one of my warmest advocates4 ,a ,,manufacturer ,the president of one of the largest manufacturing corporations in the country1 having properties in a dozen states1 related to me the following story3 ,sidenote3 ,unreasonable ,railway ,magnate ,sidenote3 ,too ,proud to ,apologize ,some years ago ,i journeyed south with a railroad magnate who stood very high at the time in the railway world4 ,we came to a river crossed by his road4 ,the bridge had been washed away1 and1 while it was rebuilding1 trains were ferried to the further shores4 ,owing to some accident there was no boat on hand to transport the official's car across the stream4 ,he became so angry that he flew into a wild passion1 and cursed and discharged the subordinates in charge of the division without inquiry as to the cause of the delay4 ,he learned afterward that the accident to the boat was unavoidable1 and that none of the employes whom he had insulted so grossly and discharged so unfairly were responsible for it2 but he was too proud to apologize4 ,sidenote3 ,did not ,dare to be ,angry ,the incident made such an impression on me1 that ,i resolved never to show anger again before my employes2 and ,i have kept my resolve4 ,it has led to my renouncing the habit altogether1 and for many years anger has ceased to be a component part of my nature4 ,i am sorry that ,i did not discharge worry at the same time1 as results have proved that it has had no real cause to exist2 and it has1 as you say1 stolen much precious time and energy out of my life4 ,a ,,madman ,another example of the possible control of the passions1 and a most important one1 is told by another friend4 ,one of the chums of his youth had fits of anger during which he was possessed with an insatiable desire to kill the object of his wrath1 if it happened to be a living being1 or to break it if it were inanimate4 ,during his seasons of calm he deplored his weakness1 and resolved not to permit it to take possession of him4 ,he stopped being angry because he was afraid of the consequences4 ,he did not dare to be angry4 ,as a result he has lived a life filled with charity and consideration for others1 which has been a blessing to himself and those about him4 ,,mr4 ,,dana ,sidenote3 ,hard ,work ,never ,kills ,mr4 ,charles ,a4 ,dana once sent a member of the staff of the ,new ,york ,sun to learn1 if possible1 what was the probable cause of the death of some men of high standing in the financial world who were reported to have hastened their death by overwork4 ,mr4 ,dana did not believe that hard work could kill4 ,the result of the inquiry in each instance was to the effect that these men were the victims of worry1 which was as unnecessary1 as it was unprofitable and fatal4 ,,an ,,author ,one of the most prolific1 observing1 and interesting writers of stories and descriptive articles for the magazines1 a war correspondent and one time journalist1 has endorsed and practiced the theory presented in this paper1 and has done me the honor to write approvingly as follows3 ,i have succeeded in entirely ridding myself of the cancers1 and am amazed at the ease with which it was done4 ,you are certainly an apostle of sweetness and light1 and ,i shall never be able to thank you enough for letting me into your noble secret4 ,sidenote3 ,an ,author ,feels ,younger ,he notes especially an improved digestion1 and feels younger each day as he progresses in the new life4 ,a ,,general ,,manager ,the ,southern ,general ,manager of one of the largest ,british ,insurance ,companies is a tried convert1 and finds health and happiness which had never been attained while under the thraldom of worry1 which was his only former affliction4 ,,an ,,authoress ,the author of a novel which has just come before the public1 and which is one of the purest and most ingenious stories ever published1 is an ardent convert to the belief that she is superior to the depressing passions1 and her naturally religious temperament finds great solace in it4 ,a ,,lawyer ,a leading lawyer of ,new ,orleans1 of very old family1 religious by nature1 but not sectarian1 found comfort in the idea of the possible elimination of the passions1 and the unrestricted growth of the ,god-given faculties1 in substance as follows3 ,sidenote3 ,germ ,cure ,logical to ,all ,sidenote3 ,get ,thee ,behind me ,satan ,the germ theory of cure must appeal to all persons in a greater or less degree1 especially to such as find it difficult to believe in a personal ,deity who receives directly and directly answers prayer as a special dispensation4 ,they can find logic in the cultivation of the ,divine ,spark which has been breathed in to them1 and feel that in its growth toward perfection the ,laws of ,nature are being assisted and not violated2 while to such as find faith in a personal ,god and comfort and help in prayer1 the ability to be superior to sinful thoughts will give stimulation to their faith1 and be a fulfilment of the ,example1 which taught3 ',get thee behind me1 ,satan'6 ,a ,,southron ,sidenote3 ,superior to ,niggers ,i was traveling with a friend from the ,south who is one of the best fellows that ,i know4 ,he is kind1 considerate1 chivalrous1 and all that characterizes a ,southern gentleman2 but he has a false idea of dignity in some respects1 and precipitates controversy sometimes without cause1 and when he himself is to blame in the matter4 ,we were discussing the theory of ,emancipation1 and he agreed with me on almost all of the points at issue1 in fact to such an extent that ,i felt that he absorbed the idea fully1 when he said3 ,yes1 it is true1 and ,i believe in it1 and ,i think ,i have practiced it somewhat2 but ,i can't stand impertinence from niggers2 they rub up against me all the time1 and annoy me terribly1 especially these ,pullman porters4 ,yes1 said ,i in reply1 you have attained pretty good self-control and have reason to be proud of it2 you are pretty nearly a perfect man2 the only thing you are not superior to is a nigger4 ,the rebuke impressed him as a truism that had never occurred to him in that light before4 ,the truth of the matter is1 and ,i have had both experiences to prove it to my own satisfaction1 antagonism invites antagonism4 ,a fostered dislike or an anticipated friction sends out a shaft in advance which rebounds and rebounds with quickening vibrations4 ,if one is looking for impertinence from any source he will be pretty sure to find it2 but if he carries a mind and heart free from prejudice1 which is the condition of ,emancipation1 the shaft will not be unloosed1 and the disturbing vibrations will not occur4 ,i do not believe that ,pullman porters were ever discourteous to ,phillips ,brooks1 or ,edward ,everett ,hale1 or ,professor ,swing or men of their caliber of mind2 or if they were1 ,i do not believe that the impertinence made any impression on them except to excite pity4 ,,fear ,,dispelled ,sidenote3 ,fear ,dispelled ,the most remarkable evidence in support of my theory that fear is dispelled with worry1 and which corroborates my own experience1 comes from an old friend who once had a shock from a stroke of lightning1 and who1 on account of it1 has for years suffered wretchedly from a depression akin to involuntary fear whenever the weather has indicated an approaching storm4 ,he has accepted the possibility of ,emancipation and enjoyed deliverance from the passions1 but strangely enough has also now immunity from any uncomfortable feeling during electric storms4 ,,timidity ,,disappears ,another convert states that he has lost all timidity1 in the presence of an audience1 which formerly he could not overcome4 ,,thomson ,j4 ,,hudson ,sidenote3 ,psychic ,evidence ,mr4 ,thomson ,j4 ,hudson1 in his ,law of ,psychic ,phenomena1 has marshalled a great array of authentic evidence1 gathered from the researches of many ,psychological ,societies1 which all prove the power of the mind over itself and over the body1 and its amenability to suggestion1 under the receptive condition of faith4 ,one can not read this able work without becoming convinced that ,emancipation is entirely possible4 ,any one who wishes to learn something of the power stored within him1 will do well to read the ,law of ,psychic ,phenomena4 ,the success of the ,keeley ,cure in conquering the habits of drinking1 opium1 and tobacco1 is proof of the efficacy of germ treatment where the germs are sensual1 or mental4 ,if bichloride of gold can cure such dread passions of the appetite1 may not bichloride of common sense cure the bad habits of the mind that cause them8 ,a ,,master ,,workman ,sidenote3 ,source of ,all ,wealth ,and now1 comes a scrap of evidence that is valuable because it is furnished by a man whose experience is wide among the people who make the wealth which we all enjoy2 to whom we are directly indebted for the comforts and luxuries of life2 and whose endorsement of an idea or reform is necessary to make it become a feature of our system or government4 ,he went west many years ago from ,new ,york1 a mechanic by trade1 and found employment in the shops of one of the great railroads4 ,in time he was advanced to the position of foreman4 ,in private life he is now a ,baron ,bountiful in the service of everybody within his reach4 ,as ,masterworkman of ,labor ,organizations1 he has urged the just cause of his confreres with the success that follows earnest conviction4 ,in the intimate confidence of his employers1 he has presented their side of a controversy to the men without any of the misrepresentation of a demagogue4 ,sidenote3 ,brings ,sunniest ,comfort ,he is the ,president of a sound ,building and ,loan ,association1 without salary1 not to make money for himself1 but for the purpose of helping his men to build and own homes2 and those who have felt his assistance in that direction1 and owe him debts of gratitude for various benefactions1 are numbered by the hundreds4 ,whenever there is sickness1 he brings solid help and the sunniest of comfort2 and when there is death1 he knows just how best to serve the afflicted family with those delicate attentions which relieve them from repulsively material details1 his presence always bringing comfort even under circumstances in which people want most to be alone4 ,his sympathy is universal1 and reflects itself into the hearts of all with whom he comes in contact4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,appreciated ,to such a man1 one would naturally think the depressing passions were strangers1 and that he must have been born without them2 but he assures me that he was a slave to them for many years1 and that he was frightened out of harboring them by a physician1 and that whatever good he has accomplished in his humble sphere 7as he calls it7 he attributes to the partial ,emancipation which his doctor's warning led him to enforce upon himself4 ,the story that follows was elicited on hearing an outline of the theory of possible ,emancipation as presented in these pages4 ,sidenote3 ,the ,old ,gentleman ,needs it ,stop right there3 don't go any farther till ,i have talked with you about that part of it4 ,it is as true as gospel1 but ,i never knew what it was4 ,i have had an experience which makes me know that it is true1 but ,i didn't know the reason for it4 ,when the doctors told me that ,i must quit worrying and take it easy1 or medicine would do me no good1 and ,i would die1 why didn't they tell me that anger and worry were not necessary1 and that it was they that ,i was suffering from8 ,i would have understood it better1 and ,i wouldn't have had so much trouble about fearing ,i would have them back some time in spite of myself4 ,why didn't the preachers tell me this when ,i was a boy1 and let me begin to live then1 instead of waiting till ,i got to be an old man or pretty near to it8 ,you can bet that my boys will know this thing right away1 and live it too1 and ,i want my men to know it4 ,it is the only thing they need to complete their happiness4 ,the old gentleman needs it1 and ,mr4----1 and ,mr---- 7mentioning a number of well known men who are their own worst enemies1 who harm no one but themselves1 but whose abuse of self1 through worry1 is as merciless as the tortures of the ,inquisition72 and what a blessing it would be for the women6 ,see here1 ,i want a hundred of those books as soon as they are published1 and ,i know where they will do a heap of good4 ,they will be better than the medicine of all the doctors1 and do a lot of good besides4 ,i'm going to commit what you have told me to memory1 so as to tell people about it if ,i haven't got a book by me4 ,you see that ,i know all about this1 for ,i have had an experience4 ,when ,i was a youngster1 ,i was naturally ambitious1 and pretty smart with the tools1 and 'took' with my employers1 and finally got to be superintendent4 ,then ,i got to be more ambitious1 especially after ,i was married and the children came4 ,i wanted them to have a good education and be fitted to be gentlemen1 which ,i knew their mother's1 and ,i might remark incidentally1 my own blood entitled them to be4 ,i was pretty sensitive1 and was always standing up for my rights4 ,i was too apt to worry4 ,i had not heard what you have told me and thought worry necessary4 ,if ,i had not worried ,i would not have got angry4 ,sidenote3 ,got to be ,superintendent ,sidenote3 ,it ,became a ,habit ,sidenote3 ,frightened out of my ,wits ,sidenote3 ,anger and ,worry ,caused ,sickness ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,makes ,good ,neighbors ,sidenote3 ,looking ,backward from ,emancipation ,when ,i got to be superintendent ,i thought that one of the things that ,i had to do was to be sure and maintain my dignity1 and show it by occasionally making believe mad at something4 ,at first ,i did not feel it half as much as ,i showed it2 but ,i thought it was part of the business of a boss to get mad1 until finally it got to be a habit1 and grew on me till ,i was in a state of anger most of the time4 ,i also thought that ,i had to worry about things1 or ,i would not show the proper respect for my responsibilities4 ,it was the way ,i had of letting myself feel that ,i was carrying a terrible burden and earning my salary4 ,the trouble was that1 while it was partly play-acting at first1 it came to be habit1 and worked on my health in the end4 ,the doctors dosed me with all sorts of medicine4 ,i was a regular pigeon1 and gave up many a hard-earned dollar to them for no good at all4 ,one day ,dr4 ,l----1 to whom ,i went as a last resort1 for ,i was beginning to have dizzy spells and twitching in the face that was serious1 asked me a lot of questions about myself and my habits and duties4 ,i told him frankly1 and when ,i had done so he said3 ',there is no use giving you any medicine1 you have got to quit worrying and take it easy2 that is the only trouble with you4 ,if you keep on with your worry ,i will have to give your family a certificate of death2 so1 if you don't want me to do that1 you just quit your worrying and take life easy4 ,whatever you do1 don't get into fits of anger1 for that is more wearing to a man in your condition than anything else4' ,well1 to 'fess up and tell you the truth1 ,i got frightened out of my wits4 ,i hadn't got near enough to eighty 7my limit7 to think about dying1 and ,i didn't want to do it right then1 especially as ,i hadn't got ,mary and the boys well enough fixed to leave4 ,the other doctors had made a monkey of me1 and took my money1 and told me that ,i would be all right in a few days2 but this honest ,german told me the truth and set me to thinking4 ,i didn't say a word to anyone1 but made up my mind ,i would take his advice4 ,at first ,i thought that ,i was shirking some of the duties of a superintendent1 when ,i quit getting mad and worrying2 but ,i squared it with myself by saying to myself1 ',better be a tame donkey for the company than a dead one4' ,well1 ,i didn't know it at the time2 that is1 ,i didn't know the cause of it1 but from that time ,i have just had luck under my wing all the time4 ,i have pleased my employers1 and ,i have pleased the men1 and things have been coming my way in great shape1 and they are still a-coming4 ,why1 ,i see it all as plain as the nose on your face4 ,those little devils that keep a man back1 and keep him from being happy1 have no business there by rights2 and all you have got to know is that they are poachers1 and all you have got to do is to tell them to 'git4' ,and just see how it would work if everybody knew this as ,i see it4 ,if you knew that your neighbor knew that ,emancipation was possible1 you would know at the same time that he was no fool1 and that1 knowing it1 he had become ,emancipated1 of course1 and there would be a trustful sympathy established at once1 and you would pull together and never apart after that4 ,if his fence accidentally encroached an inch on your land1 you would be glad of it2 or1 if your fence had been set on his side of the legal line1 he would not object2 and so it would go on between you1 and you would be happy and good neighbors to each other4 ,why1 ,i would rather my men would have that secret and day's wages1 than a million of dollars without it2 and my boys1 if ,i don't leave them a cent1 ,i will leave them full of this secret1 and won't worry about their future happiness4 ,i was much interested in that book you gave me several years ago called ',looking ,backward4' ,what the author said about co-operation1 and all that1 was all right and very beautiful2 but ,i didn't take much stock in it because ,i had such a poor opinion of human nature1 that ,i didn't think people could quit grabbing and get down to brass tacks in a co-operative way4 ,but if you can spread the idea of ,mental ,emancipation as you have told it to me 7and ,i don't see what can help its spreading like wildfire as soon as it gets out71 the social paradise pictured in ',looking ,backward' will come as a matter of course2 and ,i see it a-coming4 ,if you take off a brake ,i can see how a car can run down a hill1 but with the brake on ,i couldn't see how you could push it down4 ,sidenote3 ,free-,masonry of ,emancipation ,the more ,i think of this thing the bigger it gets1 and it is a sure winner4 ,now suppose my family1 and the ,b4 family on the corner1 and the ,n4 family next door had found out the secret1 anybody that couldn't grasp it couldn't live in the street1 he would feel so uncomfortable4 ,in fact1 if there were such an one1 we could put him down for a crazy man or an idiot1 and treat him with the same consideration we treat such weak people4 ,sidenote3 ,lawyer's ,brains ,prostituted ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,prevents ,robbery ,or suppose the men over in the shops were the joint possessors of the secret2 why1 the first thing you would know they would all be at work on some co-operative plan for themselves4 ,not that any of us have anything against the employers we work for1 for there are no better in the land2 but it is the blamed stupidity of the system that makes men work hard for small wages to feed the flames of ruinous rivalry4 ,look at the brains locked up in the pates of lawyers which have nothing better to do than to mix things up so that they will get the job of unmixing them4 ,think what would happen if all that education and all that ingenuity were turned towards invention6 ,most of the tangles they are employed to unravel should never have existed1 and would not have existed in a community where the secret of ,emancipation had been told4 ,in all of the clumsiness of competition1 and the expense of pullback methods1 labor1 the source of all we have1 pays the whole freight in one way or another2 and the reason it does so is because of the little parasite devils that are sawing wood and hatching eggs in the minds of each individual worker and producer4 ,with these little devils at work in him he is suspicious1 selfish1 jealous1 and what not else1 because he thinks his neighbor and fellow workman are similarly possessed1 and he must be so too to get along4 ,under this condition cohesion is impossible1 and schemers prey upon the separateness of the producing community to rob it of as much of the product of its labor as possible4 ,suppose that the secret of possible ,emancipation should become general 7and for the life of me ,i cannot see how it can fail to do so71 there would be confidence1 trustfulness1 cohesion1 ambition to be useful1 and the energy of the healthy child for play-work would return to the rejuvenated man1 and he would play work under those conditions and not feel that it was a mark of servitude and necessity1 and the land would sing with the sound of willing industry4 ,sidenote3 ,emancipation ,breeds ,eloquence ,my friend had become eloquent under the inspiration of the possible establishment of a ,heaven on earth to which he could invite his friends4 ,do not think that this is not a true report of a conversation in real life4 ,my friend is a real character2 is well read and educated by observation and experience1 and could succeed in almost any position in life except in such as did not give value received for the service rendered4 ,he is one of those ,noblemen by ,nature to whom the world owes so much1 but pays so little2 but he is happy in doing good1 and the field he works in is one of the richest for that harvest1 and the compensation he prizes most highly1 is the happiness he is able to give others4 ,he had the secret of ,true ,living forced on him1 in spite of the example of the world1 without knowing the true cause or value of his good fortune2 but his happiness was increased many fold when he learned that it was his birthright2 was a possession of which no one could rob him2 and would remain his as long as he lived4 ,and as he has faith in the ,eternal ,evolution of everything1 he feels that1 freed from the depressing passions1 there will be no end to his growth2 that1 at the so-called middle age of human tenure1 he is but in the beginning of life2 or1 if not that1 that each day is a wealth of joy unto itself in spite of any external conditions2 for he has found that the kingdom of ,heaven is at hand and that a branch of it has been established in his own heart4 ,sidenote3 ,heaven is at ,hand ,sidenote3 ,key-stones and ,cornerstones ,sidenote3 ,cripple can be greater than a king ,all men are not constituted alike4 ,in the economy of ,nature it is her purpose that no two things are made alike4 ,in a million years a million men could not count the spears of grass in the fields1 or the hairs of the heads of men2 yet no patient investigator has been able to find any two of them that did not differ from every other one when put under the lens of the microscope4 ,one thousand millions of humans inhabit this earth4 ,each has essentially the same form1 the same two eyes1 the same mouth1 the same ears and hands and arms2 and yet even in the case of twins1 where the nearest approach to similarity comes1 the mother never can mistake the one for the other4 ,if you are unlike others1 it is because nature chose to cast you in a different mould to serve some wise purpose2 and with that form1 comes the ,god-given essence of the ,divine1 whose presence and growth are evidenced by an innate yearning for spirituality4 ,much spirituality lifts a man above his less spiritual fellows and makes of him a cornerstone1 or a keystone1 or some other important segment of the social structure2 and lack of it condemns him to be a bit of rubble1 or an atom of filling4 ,the cornerstones and the keystones help and support each other in the stately arch1 while the rubble and the atoms fall apart and become dirt1 when allowed to find their level4 ,which shall we choose to become3 the keystone of the arch1 or some of the dirt of the earth beneath it8 ,which shall we choose3 happiness1 health1 growth1 usefulness1 rest1 and a fitting relationship to the ,divine1 or the reverse8 ,each is what ,god made him plus what he can attain by growth4 ,through eradication of the cankerous passions2 through the extirpation of the mental weeds2 the dwarf may grow to be greater than the king2 and all can freely and fully enjoy life and growth1 when they have learned the ,a-,b-,c of ,true ,living4 ,the grammar1 and the rhetoric1 and the poetry1 and perhaps a higher intelligence than we know of now may follow1 and are sure to follow2 but they will be but brighter phases of happiness already attained4 ,a ,,churchwoman ,sidenote3 ,a ,devout ,churchwoman ,in searching for corroborative evidence of the possibility of ,emancipation1 ,i was fortunate in meeting a lady whose acquaintance with the several religions and metaphysics is exceptional2 and whose clear intelligence regarding the value of menticulture1 makes her a rare critic in questions of this kind4 ,from her ,i received the most valued encouragement4 ,she is a devout church-woman1 but has studied along the several lines of psychology in search of additional light and strength4 ,she had read my simple presentation of the theory of germ cure1 and found in it a ray of hope1 the effect of which she described as follows3 ,the sensation that was produced in me by the suggestion1 ,i cannot describe4 ,it was as if a great flood of light had burst upon me1 and ,i saw the possibility of an immediate realization of my spiritual ideal2 and ,i have prayed to ,god constantly1 that it may not leave me4 ,there have been unusual occasions for worry and annoyance since then4 ,i have just moved to a new city2 into a new house2 and my husband and ,i are beginning life anew in an untried field4 ,all of my past associations are broken up1 and new sympathies among strangers are to be formed4 ,my husband's health has been poor1 and mine has been wretched1 so that we have been compelled to seek climates more favorable1 at the expense of financial considerations2 yet1 the cloud that hung over our prospects has been miraculously dispelled1 and my days and nights are soothed with a calm contentment and happiness which ,i have never known before4 ,my religion seems more precious to me than ever4 ,it seems as if one simple little ingredient that it lacked has been found2 and that now it is perfect4 ,i have always been possessed of a desire to accomplish one act in life which should be conspicuous for its usefulness to some one2 and if ,i can ever succeed in giving to one person the light and comfort that this revelation has given to me1 ,i shall feel that my ambition has been attained4 ,sidenote3 ,simple ,little ,ingredient ,her discovery of a simple little ingredient1 in the theory of germ cure1 led to a new appreciation of the idea of simplicity in connection with it1 which has been amplified in the succeeding chapter4 ,,first ,,principles ,,overlooked ,sidenote3 ,simplicity and ,harmony are ,ultimate ,simplicity and harmony are the ultimate conditions to be attained in all things4 ,in literature1 and in music1 and in oratory1 and in painting1 and in mechanics1 and in life1 simplicity is at once the greatest charm1 and the best evidence of merit4 ,in mechanics1 a simple little device usually perfects the great labor-saving machine4 ,in chemistry1 a simple little ingredient may give culminating power to a world-building or a world-destroying compound4 ,in oratory1 a simple and impassioned appeal is most potent to move the multitude to action2 and in menticulture1 the simple and direct application of the germ cure1 may be able to effect a millennium in social evolution within a generation4 ,stranger things have happened6 ,because it has not happened1 is no reason why it should not happen4 ,in fact1 there are logical reasons why the habit of repression should have smothered any idea of germ cure1 till ,science placed an analogy in physics before our eyes2 especially because the false hypothesis of original 7or natural7 sin1 has been persistently advanced as a law of our being4 ,sidenote3 ,germ ,cure not ,understood ,christ taught the germ cure1 and hinted at no other as an alternative4 ,in the sermon on the mount2 in his talks by the ,sea of ,galilee2 and in his rebuke of the devil in the desert1 there was no note of indecision suggested4 ,do and be and get were unmistakable commands4 ,but these commands were given in a gentle manner1 to half-doubting disciples1 and faintly echoed by them to an incredulous world1 that had not learned the power of mind over matter1 or over itself2 and hence the world waited for ,science to prove even greater possibilities1 before giving heed to the simple commands of the ,great ,teacher in the manner he commanded4 ,sidenote3 ,order of ,responsibility ,one of the great weaknesses of the age in which we live is the ignoring of first principles1 and a reaching out for the remote or unattainable4 ,in the matter of home responsibilities1 and in menticulture1 this is most apparent4 ,the order of responsibility is--the mind1--the body--the mind of the child--the body or health of the child--and so on in the sequence of relationship in the family1 in the community1 in the nation1 and in the world2 not with selfish discrimination against the more remote1 but with zealous care of the nearer relationships4 ,this order1 however1 is rarely observed4 ,we weed the garden1 but do not weed the mind4 ,we pass laws to punish any who strike1 or rob1 or corrupt a citizen1 but there is no law to protect the abused or neglected children of drunken or incompetent parents1 except in extreme cases4 ,breeders of fine animals take the greatest pains to guard all the conditions surrounding their stock1 and at the same time encourage family alliance with consumptive plutocrats4 ,sidenote3 ,laissez ,faire ,superseded ,the antiquated and primitive doctrine of laissez faire1 has been replaced by those of ,division of ,labor1 and of ,protection1 in the cases of the strong who have demanded them1 or who have purchased them through legislative cupidity2 but still obtains in the cases of the weak and non-assertive4 ,sidenote3 ,strength ,protected ,weakness ,unprotected ,the truant subjects of great nations1 scattered in foreign lands1 are hedged about with protection equal to an imperial guard2 and thousands of men and millions of money are sacrificed to revenge an insult to1 or protect the property of a claimant citizen at the ,antipodes2 while hundreds and thousands of the producers at home are starving and dying1 because of the maladministration of the first principles of economies1 and the laissez faire license given to selfish and unscrupulous competition4 ,arrogant commerce1 and the already-powerful1 have no end of protection2 but the mind1 the health1 the child1 and the producer1 are left to the tender mercy of chance1 or are hampered by crushing conditions of abuse and neglect contrary to every law of growth2 and thus it must be2 until we adopt the germ cure1 as a principle of menticulture1 and ,emancipation1 as the first evidence of intelligence and respectability4 ,sidenote3 ,wasting ,precious ,time ,in self-administration1 the far-away habit is quite as prevalent as in the administration of ,society4 ,men and women slave and save1 to furnish means for sending missionaries to ,india1 to release the ,indian mind of imagined evils1 while they crawl about servile to anger or worry1 or both anger and worry4 ,they set their ideal of happiness at an indefinite height1 always out of reach4 ,they hide their ,heaven behind the curtain of death1 and refuse to look for it within the precincts of their own heart4 ,they waste precious time in speculating as to the form and attributes of the ,cause of all things1 its residence and disposition1 while they smother under the pall of inappreciation1 the best evidence of its existence1 and the most potent workings of its power1 within themselves4 ,and all this because they work from the wrong end1 and are dull to the efficacy of growth from the basis of ,emancipation4 ,their method of life is like the unraveling of a snarled skein from the middle4 ,they fumble futilely at the snarl1 and accomplish little1 if anything1 when they ought first to release the end within themselves1 and follow the cord from that beginning1 along the line of growth and organization1 to the condition of unrestricted freedom1 and usefulness1--the condition of ,emancipated ,brotherhood4 ,sidenote3 ,nations ,founded ,about an ,idea ,religions are founded1 fraternal societies are formed1 armies are marshalled1 and nations are grown about a sympathetic idea1 to which the majority subscribe4 ,the aim is always the same3 growth1 protection1 harmony1 happiness1 ,heaven4 ,but the growth is slow1 the protection is only partial1 the harmony is incomplete1 perfect happiness is impossible1 and ,heaven is indefinite and remote2 because their organization tolerates selfishness as a necessary mark of ,cain1 instead of being built on the foundation of ,emancipation4 ,all true calculation must recognize a unit of value2 in menticulture the only true unit is ,emancipation4 ,in harmony1 instruments cannot be tuned from several standards2 there must be one key-note2 and harmony in menticulture can only come from the key-note--,emancipation4 ,,slaves ,,or ,,freemen--,,which8 ,within the memory of many now living1 ,society was dominated by the belief that human body-slavery was a ,divine institution4 ,thirty-five years ago a great war was waged against the institution in this country1 at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives1 and thousands of millions of dollars worth of property4 ,that war resulted not only in killing the institution itself1 but also in the extirpation of the idea of its ,divine origin4 ,sidenote3 ,body-,slavery ,overcome ,it is no longer a question of debate in any part of the civilized word1 but an established international understanding1 that slavery is not only unjust to the enslaved1 but an evil1 the effects of which are shared by the master4 ,sidenote3 ,mercenary ,fashion a ,cruel ,master ,negro slavery in ,america was1 however1 a mild and beneficent institution1 as compared to the voluntary servitude to ,mercenary ,fashion1 which enthrals so many at the present time4 ,mercenary ,fashion places burdens on rich and poor alike1 and costs ,society more lives and property yearly1 than all that was wasted during the war of the ,rebellion4 ,most of the masters of the negro were kindly and considerate1 and not a few of the negro uncles and aunties now living1 regret the good old times when marster and missus did all the plannin' and pervidin'1 and all we uns had to do was work1 and sing and dance4 ,sidenote3 ,ostentation ,panders to ,fashion ,on the other hand1 ,mercenary ,fashion has headquarters in ,paris1 in ,london1 in ,vienna1 and in ,berlin2 and sets its traps all over the world1 baited with styles of such absurd taste and uselessness that interest in them can only be brief4 ,it is part of its deliberate policy1 not to suggest any form or style that has merit sufficient to make it desirable a second season4 ,it avoids any approach to the simple and beautiful and comfortable drapery used by the ancient ,greeks1 because of fear that its trade will be ruined by the stability of the wares4 ,ostentation is the ever-ready victim to take the poisonous bait2 and then1 there is a mad rush of the mimicking slaves1 to assume the fetters which bind them to constant toil4 ,dishonor1 infamy1 and shame1 are braved by men and women alike1 in following the allurements of ,mercenary ,fashion4 ,fear 7of criticism7 and ,envy are the two phases of the root passions1 that are the most powerful and active agents in securing victims for ,mercenary ,fashion2 but1 if ,emancipation were the established rule of life1 these agents would not exist2 ,ostentation would not be followed2 and ,taste1 and ,usefulness1 and ,permanence1 would be the leaders instead2 and a state of coperation which might properly be named ,good ,fashion1 or ,god ,fashion1 would succeed the tyrant of the present2 and ,fashion1 under such conditions1 would be a blessing instead of a curse as at present4 ,sidenote3 ,bicycle ,brings ,freedom ,mercenary ,fashion has met with a formidable adversary in the bicycle4 ,the absurd costumes inflicted by it on a servile world1 seem as ridiculous when mounted on a bicycle1 as if they were placed on the ,david of ,michael ,angelo1 or on the ,venus de ,milo4 ,bicycle costumes for women may not displace all others2 but1 with the freedom of movement enjoyed on the wheel1 in a costume suitable to the unhampered action of a biped2 with the constant restraint of position rendered necessary by the wearing of skirts removed1 woman may soon become free to move and act as ,nature designed that she should move and act1 and enjoyment of this new freedom will greatly modify her slavery to ,mercenary ,fashion4 ,fashion 7or mimicry7 is good1 if properly led4 ,sidenote3 ,make ,freedom ,fashionable ,if it were fashionable to believe that anger and worry were unnecessary weeds of the mind1 were blemishes that could be removed from the disposition1 were habits that were unbecoming to civilized man1 and were handicaps to energy and happiness that could be put aside at will1 the world could follow that fashion to a state of ,emancipation1 with all the enthusiasm it could muster1 and benefit itself by being fashionable4 ,and1 should a just appreciation of the power within us become fashionable1 the tendency to mimicry2 which is now the connecting link of resemblance between us and the monkey from which we have evolved1 would become an element of strength1 instead of an element of weakness4 ,we1 as individuals1 support the fashions1 but we do not suggest them4 ,we support waste and discomfort1 for the benefit of mercenary and designing fashion-makers1 with the product of never-ending toil1 because we ape ,ostentation1 cringe before ,fear1 and encourage ,envy as an attribute of ,pride4 ,sidenote3 ,plows with a ,stick ,sidenote3 ,druggists ,convention ,we are slaves indeed6 not only in the matter of clothes1 but in the matter of the distribution of the necessities and luxuries of life and comfort4 ,we do some things more cleverly than the rest of the world1 but in others we excel in clumsiness and inconsistency4 ,in ,mexico 7our nearest neighbor71 a sharpened stick is still used for plowing2 but1 that is not nearly as crude1 of its kind1 as some of the business methods that we support in this country are of their kind2 and in matters of utmost importance1 too4 ,for instance3 in the city of ,montgomery1 ,alabama1 there is a square1 or rather a diamond1 around which1 and within a block of which1 there are eight or nine drug stores4 ,this may not be an unusual bunching of druggists1 but1 as ,montgomery is a meeting point of several terminal railroads1 and trains from all directions are usually detained there one or two hours1 ,i have had abundant opportunity to study this constellation of red and green lights1 that blink and stare at all who visit the park they look on4 ,they all seem to be full fledged1 and fully equipped drug stores1 and not devoted to specialties1 as one would suppose as a reason for there being so many of them4 ,sidenote3 ,montgomery1 ,alabama ,as it is1 there are eight stores1 eight stocks of goods1 eight sets of clerks1 eight insurance policies1 eight computations of interest1 eight gas or electric light bills1 and probably eight many-other items of expense chargeable to the profits on the sales1 and supported by the public1 when one establishment would serve all the people of ,montgomery better than the eight do now4 ,if these stores were scattered about the city1 the matter of convenience could be urged for their existence4 ,to support such prodigality1 profits ranging from one hundred to one thousand per cent4 have to be charged1 and the public evidently pays them1 for their existence from year to year is evidence of support from some one4 ,suppose the ,corporation of the ,city of ,montgomery were to vote an appropriation of fifty thousand 7or perhaps only twenty thousand7 dollars1 for the purpose of establishing a first-class dispensary of medicines1 etc41 and should put it in charge of a competent chemist1 who would know what medicines were good1 and what compounds were not good8 ,the patronage of the citizens would support such an establishment on a ten per cent4 basis of profit1 and pay ten per cent4 interest on the investment without doubt1 and the citizens would not be at the mercy of chance or imposition1 in a matter of prime importance to health1 as they are liable to be1 under any but the most perfect system of selecting and dispensing drugs and patent medicines4 ,sidenote3 ,slavery to ,waste ,this is a single instance among thousands1 of the unintelligent application of the doctrine of laissez faire to matters of vital social interest2 and is given here to illustrate a form of slavery to inconvenience and waste1 that would be cleared away like mist before the sun1 as the result of evolution1 from the standpoint of ,emancipation4 ,it required a million guns1 and the assistance of several million men1 with all the waste and blood which war carries with it1 to free the negro2 and the advance of humanity the world over1 was a fruit1 worth the cost of the war2 but slavery of the individual to the parasite passions1 will not enlist the rescue of arms1 although it entails greater hardship than was ever suffered by the average negro slave4 ,each individual must gain for himself this freedom2 no one else can aid him except through suggestion and moral help4 ,it is his birthright however1 and awaits his call4 ,sidenote3 ,the ,martyr ,the face of the martyr glowed with radiant happiness1 when he exclaimed to his jailers from the confines of his chains1 ,you have bound my body1 but you cannot bind my soul6 ,kill my body if you like6 it will only give greater freedom to my soul4 ,but the so-called free citizen of to-day2 who smothers himself under the blanket of worry2 or1 who spits angry injustice at a self-created-phantom-cause for resentment1 is a weak and pitiable wretch1 as compared with the bonded martyr or negro of long ago4 ,sidenote3 ,axiom of the ,circus ,emancipation1 or1 a perfectly de-angered and de-worryized mind1 can only be secured through conviction of its possibility1 and not simply through an intellectual admission of its possibility4 ,faith is the pre-requisite of every successful accomplishment in life4 ,an axiom of the circus ring warns an acrobat1 or a gymnast1 never to attempt a feat1 unless he has perfect confidence in his ability to perform it successfully4 ,knowledge and the appreciation of the power of the mind over phantoms of its own creation1 and confidence to expel them1 is as necessary in menticulture as is the confidence of the gymnast in performing wonderful feats of menti-physical skill4 ,the condition required for growth to ,emancipation1 is that of perfect faith and confidence1 born of knowledge of the power ,god has given us to cast out evil1 and in that condition1 ,emancipation1 when attained1 can be anchored safely1 protected from any of the battling and surging elements of discord from without4 ,sidenote3 ,psychic ,researches ,the researches of many scientific societies along the lines of ,psychic ,phenomena1 endorsed by every utterance of ,christ1 reveal the fact that faith is a pre-requisite to subjection1 or control1 of the mind4 ,the best subjects in scientific hypnotism are the strongest minded 7who believe through knowledge71 and the weakest minded 7who believe through credulity72 while the creatures of vacillating impulses1 are hopeless dolts in the hands of the hypnotist1 and will be those who will have to acquire ,mental ,emancipation because it is fashionable1 and not because it is sensible4 ,the condition of ,emancipation is one of faith in the beginning2 but1 as soon as it is attained1 there is no desire to replant mental weeds1 and no struggle to repress them1 for there are no roots or seeds from which to grow them4 ,faith must precede1 but examples of ,emancipation are sure to develop in every community1 and soon the atmosphere will be pregnant with the possibility of it4 ,then it will be easy to follow the fashion and dismiss anger and worry2 and1 after a little1 shame will attach to the possession of them4 ,growth and happiness will result from the elimination of the germs of strife2 natural coperation will follow natural growth2 and we will catch up with ,mr4 ,bellamy's prophecy1 long before the time specified in ,looking ,backward1 by the simple unraveling of a silken skein of endless possibilities from the free end within ourselves4 ,sidenote3 ,tottering ,house of ,can't ,fear that individuality will be lost in coperation1 is one of the hot-shot missiles of mendacity1 that is being fired at ,coperation from the citadel of the condemned passions1 by the slaves of the tottering house of ,can't1 but will fall1 harmless1 before the armour of ,emancipation4 ,does it lessen the individuality of the gardener to weed his soil8 ,does it weaken the individuality of a patient to cut out the root of his cancer8 ,does it militate against the power of a cause1 to rid it of its faults8 ,will the runner run less swiftly1 or the jumper jump less far1 if they remove the handicap8 ,,organization ,while ,emancipation in the individual is worth more than all the wealth of the world to him without it1 organization about the idea is desirable for the purpose of aiding others2 and1 7through coperation and the most perfect economics7 lightening the burden of compulsory labor1 in order that there shall be more time to devote to recreation and recreative labor4 ,sidenote3 ,organization ,desirable ,organization on the basis of ,emancipation is sure to be the next great movement of reform and growth1 in the light of whose strength1 the puny efforts of the past will seem like the light of a tallow dip beside an electric cluster4 ,sidenote3 ,adds ,everything ,takes ,nothing ,this will come2 not because ,i have discovered it for myself and am publishing an account of the discovery to my friends1 but because the world has learned something of the powers at its command2 has learned the possibility of germ cure in physics2 has learned the efficacy of mental therapeutics in matters of both mind and body2 and is ripe for it4 ,when ,i tell my friends my experience and deductions1 they are prepared at once to accept them with credence4 ,and so it will be with them and their friends1 for logic and self interest are merits to commend it to all intelligent persons2 and1 in the immediate future1 it is not unreasonable to hope that ,emancipation1 as a basic condition favorable to growth and ,brotherhood1 may not be an uncommon accomplishment and requirement4 ,i believe that it is one of the first steps urged in ,christian ,science and rendered possible by the belief1 as it is in the ,buddhist ,discipline and ,christian formula1 and in the circle of my acquaintance there are already many believers in the possibility of ,emancipation1 who are enjoying its benefits2 who find that it is the one little ingredient necessary to perfect their established beliefs1 and strengthen their present affiliations2 and to whom it adds everything and from whom takes nothing4 ,sidenote3 ,no ,end to ,growth ,all the members of religious sects2 all the members of fraternal societies1 as well as many of the disconnected seekers after intellectual and spiritual growth1 should be eager to enroll themselves under the banner of ,emancipation2 and if this should happen1 the wished for ,utopia of the most fertile imagination1 would not be as remote as it has seemed to be in the past4 ,,hope ,when one has attained the condition of ,emancipation1 let him be sure that it is only the elementary stage of growth1 the happy childhood of true life 7no matter what the physical age of the body71 and that there is a possibility of development to a point of unselfishness1 whence one can view one's own individuality from without1 and direct its action from an impersonal standpoint4 ,then each of us can will himself to act as he would like to have a beloved friend or relative act in any given situation4 ,i believe that this is true1 and entirely possible to the emancipated mind2 but1 as ,i have aimed to present only a personal discovery and experience1 ,i will leave a deeper consideration of the subject to the test of a longer acquaintance with the new-found life4 ,,printed ,,by ,r4 ,r4 ,,donnelley ,,and ,,sons ,,company1 ,,at ,,the ,,lakeside ,,press1 ,,chicago1 ,,ill ,,mdcccxcv