twinkling of an eye. This man lacks practical "tactics,"

and his case holds true for our undertakings, the great and the small alike. Will, strength, result, success — even failure — are bound to one another by a single firm tie. Now let us suppose that this man's wealthy father offered him ten thousand liras in return for moving the stones: no doubt he would hurry to the work. Where have the negative obstacles vanished? They have been swept away by that sense which spurred him on to work.

And here is another example: Souad is a shy girl who all but melts when she meets a new face, and always chooses the back seat; then too she is not herself in the morning, and speaks to her companions at work with a scowl. It happened that she discussed this state of hers with a wealthy lady, who promised her a present of two thousand liras within three weeks, on condition that she do her utmost to conquer her shyness and change her manner at work. And how quickly the change came over Souad's soul,

at the mere thought of obtaining the money! Thus one promises oneself alluring rewards that make one forget the hurdles — which we count as nothing but an imaginary, negative thing, formed in the mind before it ever comes out into the field of action. And the strongest weapon you can use against them is posi-tiveness, and promising yourself the moral and material profit you will gain from smoothing away the difficulties — provided you use this means when you are in the field of practice, and not in daydreams!