7. Listen to a metronome, and, a friend having stopped it, mentally
repeat the ticking to time.

8. Whenever you handle anything, try to retain the impression of that
object and its properties for several minutes, to the exclusion of
other ideas.

9. Concentrate on ideas of calm, and of energy controlled.

10. Place three objects on a sheet of white paper. Remove them one by
one, at the same time effacing the impression of each one as it is
removed, until the mind, like the paper, is blank.

11. Efface two of the objects, and retain the impression of one only.

12. Replace the impressions in your mind, but not the objects on the
paper, one by one.

The object of these exercises is to get your wandering mind daily a little
more under control; do not exhaust yourself.

After some months of treatment, ask yourself--

Am I able to walk ten miles with ease? when introduced to a stranger of
either sex or any age, to converse agreeably, profitably and without
embarrassment? to entertain visitors so that all enjoy themselves? to read
essays or poetry with as much pleasure as a novel? to listen to a lecture,
and be able afterwards to rehearse the main points? to be good company for
myself on a rainy day? to submit to insult, injustice or petulance with
dignity and patience, and to answer them wisely and calmly? When you are