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    The Magic Seven
    The Magic Seven
    The Magic Seven
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    The Magic Seven

    By Lida A. Churchill

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    Experience the life-changing power of Lida A. Churchill with this unforgettable book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndura Publishing
    Release dateNov 15, 2020
    ISBN9791220232609
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      The Magic Seven - Lida A. Churchill

      The Magic Seven

      Lida A. Churchill

      CONTENTS

      I

      HOW TO CENTER YOURSELF

      What is meant by centering yourself? And why is such a process necessary?

      What, asked a young officer of an experienced general, do you consider the first requisite for an army which is to be victorious?

      That it be within always possible reach of an adequate base of supplies, was the reply.

      In other words, no army can be sure of the brains which wisely plan, the strength which compels victory, the endurance which renders triumph permanent, without a center from which these things may be unfailingly called forth. An army may for a time subsist on forage, but such a subsistence can never be anything but precarious, and it is almost certain that the rations thus obtained will be insufficient and unsatisfactory, giving only spasmodic strength, and none of the confidence and mind-rest which come from a knowledge of sure available supplies.

      The fact, then, becomes self-evident that an army’s center is its base of supplies, without which it may be morally certain of disaster, if not of complete final defeat, and will degenerate into an ineffectual horde of marauders.

      This is no truer of an army than of an individual. He must find his center around his base of supplies, and if he is to greatly achieve and finally win, these supplies must be suitable, adequate, and unfailing. One having no base of supplies may forage for a time, but such subsistence will leave him on the straggling, un-winning side.

      Now, everyone has the natural and healthy wish to be on the winning side. The first thing, then, is to decide that for you, for everyone, no matter what his past or present, his heredity, age or environment, there if a winning side. If, from long habit of uncertainty and unfaith, one cannot thus decide, let him determine to find out whether it is true or not; and the way to do this is to act exactly as though he believed it.

      There’s a brook just over the ridge, declared a man to two thirsty hunters. I don’t believe it, said one; it’s too rocky and barren about here for brooks. And he sat down. I don’t believe it, either, replied his companion, but I’m going to see if it is true. He went, and came back with his flask full of water.

      It being imperative that one who is to win must center in an always accessible and adequate base of supplies, it becomes necessary to determine where and of what nature this center shall be.

      First, it must be where no one can bar him out from it, and, second, it must contain such stores as will give strength, confidence, and victory.

      It is a truth attested by millions of cases that he who tries to form a base of supplies, make a center, outside of himself, and by things which are not inherently his, is likely at any hour, and almost certain in the end, to meet with the fate of the forager, which is moral vagabondage. One depending upon expectations from rich

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