ard will advertise that man's ruling mood in the
way it is kept. A woman at home shows her state of mind in her dress.
A slattern advertises the ruling mood of hopelessness, carelessness,
and lack of system. Rags, tatters, and dirt are always in the mind
before being on the body. The thought that is most put out brings its
corresponding visible element to crystallize about you as surely and
literally as the visible bit of copper in solution attracts to it the
invisible copper in that solution. A mind always hopeful, confident,
courageous, and determined on its set purpose, and keeping itself to
that purpose, attracts to itself out of the elements things and powers
favorable to that purpose.

"Every thought of yours has a literal value to you in every possible
way. The strength of your body, the strength of your mind, your
success in business, and the pleasure your company brings others,
depends on the nature of your thoughts. . . . In whatever mood you set
your mind does your spirit receive of unseen substance in
correspondence with that mood. It is as much a chemical law as a
spiritual law. Chemistry is not confined to the elements we see. The
elements we do not see with the physical eye outnumber ten thousand
times those we do see. The Christ injunction, 'Do good to those who
hate you,' is based on a scientific fact and a natural law. So, to do
good is to bring to yourself all the elements in nature of power and
good. To do evil is to bring the contrary destructive elements. When
our eyes are opened, self-preservation will make us stop all evil
thought. Those who live by hate will die by hate: that is, 'those who
live by the sword will die by the sword.' Every evil thought is as a
sword drawn on the person to whom it is directed. If a sword is drawn
in return, so much the worse for both."

And says another who knows full well whereof he speaks: "The law of
attraction works universally on every plane of _action_, and we attract
whatever we desire or expect. If we desire one thing and expect
another, we become like houses divided against themselves, which are
quickly brought to desolation. Determine resolutely to expect only
what you desire, then you will attract only what you wish for. . . .
Carry any kind of thought you please about with you, and so long as you
retain it, no matter how you roam over land or sea, you will
unceasingly attract to yourself, knowingly or inadvertently, exactly
and only