PART ONE
POISE: ITS NEED, ITS ENEMIES, ITS EFFECT

I. The Need of Poise in Life
II. The Enemies of Poise
III. War on Timidity

PART TWO
HOW TO ACQUIRE POISE

I. Modesty and Effrontery Contrasted
II. Physical Exercises to Acquire Poise
III. Four Series of Physical Exercises
IV. Practical Exercises for Obtaining Poise
V. The Supreme Achievement




PART I

POISE: ITS NEED, ITS ENEMIES, ITS EFFECT


CHAPTER I

THE NEED OF POISE IN LIFE


Lack of poise has always been an obstacle to those who are imbued with