ThoughtandPurpose
詹姆斯·艾伦 / JamesAllen
“drift” ， andsuchdriftingmustnotcontinueforhimwhowouldsteerclearofcatastropheanddestruction.
Theywhohavenocentralpurposeintheirlifefallaneasypreytopettyworries， fears， troubles， andself-pitying， allofwhichareindicationsofweakness， whichlead， justassurelyasdeliberatelyplannedsins (thoughbyadifferentroute)， tofailure， unhappiness， andloss， forweaknesscannotpersistinapowerevolvinguniverse.
Amanshouldconceiveofalegitimatepurposeinhisheart， ， oritmaybeaworldlyobject， ， heshouldsteadilyfocushisthought-forcesupontheobject， ， andshoulddevotehimselftoitsattainment， notallowinghisthoughtstowanderawayintoephemeralfancies， longings， (ashenecessarilymustuntilweaknessisovercome)， thestrengthofcharactergainedwillbethemeasureofhistruesuccess， andthiswillformanewstarting-pointforfuturepowerandtriumph.
Thosewhoarenotpreparedfortheapprehensionofagreatpurposeshouldfixthethoughtsuponthefaultlessperformanceoftheirduty， ， andresolutionandenergybedeveloped， whichbeingdone， thereisnothingwhichmaynotbeaccomplished.
Havingconceivedofhispurpose， amanshouldmentallymarkoutastraightpathwaytoitsachievement， ； theyaredisintegratingelements， whichbreakupthestraightlineofeffort， renderingitcrooked， ineffectual， ， ， energy， powertodo， andallstrongthoughtsceasewhendoubtandfearcreepin.
， andhewhoencouragesthem， whodoesnotslaythem， thwartshimselfateverystep.
， ， andtheybloomandbringforthfruit， whichdoesnotfallprematurelytotheground.
