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by the subconscious mind, then relaxes by clearing his mind of ALL thought, and
waits for his answer to "flash" into his mind.

Sometimes the results are both definite and immediate. At other times, the re-
sults are negative, depending upon the state of development of the "sixth sense,"
or creative faculty. Mr. Edison tried out more than 10,000 different combina-
tions of ideas through the synthetic faculty of his imagination before he "tuned
in" through the creative faculty, and got the answer which perfected the incandes-
cent light. His experience was similar when he produced the talking machine.

There is plenty of reliable evidence that the faculty of creative imagination exists.
This evidence is available through accurate analysis of men who have become
leaders in their respective callings, without having had extensive educations. Lin-
coln was a notable example of a great leader who achieved greatness, through
the discovery, and use of his faculty of creative imagination. He discovered, and

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began to use this faculty as the result of the stimulation of love which he expe-
rienced after he met Anne Rutledge, a statement of the highest significance, in
connection with the study of the source of genius.

The pages of history are filled with the records of great leaders whose achieve-
ments maybe traced directly to the influence of women who aroused the creative
faculties of their minds, through the stimulation of sex desire. Napoleon Bona-
parte was one of these.

When inspired by his first wife, Josephine, he was irresistible and invincible.
When his "better judgment" or reasoning faculty prompted him to put Josephine
aside, he began to decline. His defeat and St. Helena were not far distant.

If good taste would permit, we might easily mention scores of men, well known
to the American people, who climbed to great heights of achievement under the
stimulating influence of their wives, only to drop back to destruction AFTER
money and power went to their heads, and they put aside the old wife for a new
one.

Napoleon was not the only man to discover that sex influence, from the right
source, is more powerful than any substitute of expediency, which maybe created
by mere reason.

The human mind responds to stimulation! Among the greatest, and most pow-
erful of these stimuli is the urge of sex. When harnessed and transmuted, this
driving force is capable of lifting men into that higher sphere of thought which