purpose and power of will which will enable him to successfully cope with every difficulty, and pass triumphantly through every emergency.
It will be seen that the first step is the breaking away from bad habits. This is no easy task. It demands the putting forth of great efforts, or a succession of efforts, and it is by such efforts that the will can alone be invigorated and fortified. If one refuses to take the first step, he cannot increase in will-power, for by submitting to a bad habit, because of the immediate pleasure which it affords, one forfeits the right to rule over himself, and is so far a weak slave. He who thus avoids self-discipline, and looks about for some “occult secrets” for gaining will-power at the expenditure of little or no effort on his part, is deluding himself, and is
