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people smile, they know, they know. They see the misunderstanding multitude as mere babes in the Spiritual knowing --many of them babes unborn --- and they heed them not.
Take notice of these people --- they are making their presence felt. They are wielding a silent powerful influence, and are molding public opinion far more than are the blatant reformers, the boastful leaders, the bespangled figures strutting at the front of the stage. The people who are thus being used --- instruments in God's hands --- are these quiet men and women who are facing the Sun --- these people with the "Southern Exposure."
If you feel the call to join the ranks of these people --- do not resist, but answer cheerfully "I hear; I obey; I come." Allow the seed to grow into the plant, the plant to put forth leaves --bud and blossom. When you feel the impulse, do not resist --open yourself to the Sun --- receive its vibrations --- and all will be well. Be not afraid --- have within you that Love which casteth out Fear --- place your hand in that of the Absolute and say "Lead Thou me on." After long ages of wandering, you are coming Home,

Chapter 18 - A FOREWORD. - p. 63

An individualist --- Wearing no ticket or label --- No one has a corner on Truth --- Enough to go around --- The Infinite Power back of all things --The Real Self is Spirit --- The Law of Attraction --- Fearthought. --- The Brotherhood of Man.
* * * * I generally call myself a Mental Scientist, and am so known to my friends, but I merely use the term because it is broad and comprehensive, not because I bear the ticket of any particular school of the New Thought --- not because I wear the badge of any special leader. I am an Individualist. I believe in the right of every man to think his own thoughts --- to find his way to the Truth by whatever road he may see fit, even if he prefers to cut across fields in getting there. I believe that whilst all men are brothers, and each a part of a mighty Whole, still each one must stand squarely upon his own feet --- must work out his own salvation --- must do his own thinking. I believe that Truth is everywhere --- in everything, and that we may uncover a bit of it wherever we may happen to dig. I do not believe that any person has a corner on the Truth --- a monopoly of Knowing. I do not believe in Popes, in or out of the New Thought. Each of us will uncover his own little bit of the
*An extract from the article of this name in which the author introduced himself to the readers of the magazine "New Thought," upon assuming the position of co-editor, in December, 1901.