suggestion in numerous
instances. Many women have been thus cured of a foolish love for
impossible men, as in the case of girls who have become completely
infatuated with the husband of a friend. Fallen women have been
entirely reclaimed, have been brought to see their better, finer,
diviner selves through the power of suggestion.

The suggestion which comes from a sweet, beautiful, charming character
is contagious and sometimes revolutionizes a whole neighborhood. We
all know how the suggestion of heroic deeds, great records, has aroused
the ambitions and stirred the energies of others to do likewise. Many
a life has turned upon a few moments' conversation, upon a little
encouragement, upon the suggestion of an inspiring book.

Many men who have made their impress upon history, who have left
civilization a little higher, accomplished what they did largely
because their ambition was aroused by suggestion; some book or some
individual gave them the first glimpse of their possibility and enabled
them to feel for the first time a thrill of the power within them.

The suggestion of inferiority is one of the most difficult to overcome.
Who can ever estimate the damage to humanity and the lives wrecked
through it! I know men whose whole careers have been practically
ruined through the constant suggestion, while they were children, that
they would never amount to anything.

This suggestion of inferiority has made them so timid and shy and so
uncertain of themselves that they have never been able to assert their
individuality.

I knew a college student whose rank in his class entitled him to the
highest recognition, whose life was nearly ruined by suggestion; he
overheard some of his classmates say that he had no more dignity than a
goose, and always made a very poor appearance; that under no
circumstances would they think of electing him as class orator, because
he would make such an unfortunate impression upon an audience. He had
unusual ability, but his extreme diffidence, timidity, shyness, made
him appear awkward and sometimes almost foolish,--all of which he would
undoubtedly have overgrown, had he not overheard the criticism of his
classmates. He thought it meant that he was mentally inferior, and
this belief kept him back ever after.

What a subtle power there is in the suggestion of the human voice!
What emotions are aroused in us by its different modulations! How we
laugh and cry, become indignant, reve