those of the impulsive imaginative kind, who "soon take hold and soon
let go," or who are merely attracted by a sense of wonder which soon
loses its charm, and so they react.

Therefore if we cannot only awaken the Will, but also keep it alive,
it is very possible that we may not only effect great and thorough
cures of diseases, but also induce whatever state of mind we please.
This may be effected by the action of the minds or wills of others on
our own, which influence can be gradually transferred from the
operator to the patient himself, as when in teaching a boy to swim the
master holds the pupil up until the latter finds that he is
unconsciously moving by his own exertion.

What the fickle and "nervous" patients of any kind need is to have the
idea kept before their minds continuously. They generally rush into a
novelty without Forethought. Therefore they should be trained or urged
to forethink or reflect seriously and often on the cure or process
proposed. This is the setting of the nail, which is to be driven in by
suggestion. The other method is where we act entirely for ourselves
both as regards previous preparation and subsequent training.

I here repeat, since the whole object of the book is that certain
facts shall be deeply and _clearly_ impressed on the reader's mind,
that if we _will_ that a certain idea shall recur to us on the
following, or any other day, and if we bring the mind to bear upon it
just before falling asleep, it may be forgotten when we awake, but it
will recur to us when the time comes. This is what almost everybody
has proved, that if we resolve to awake at a certain hour we generally
do so; if not the first time, after a few experiments, _apropos_ of
which I would remark that "no one should ever expect full success from