Will-power is demanded to banish fears and to utilize reason's
dictates.
But the sway of reason and the force of action are always
immensely assisted by a vigorous general tone of the personal
life. Now appear, in view of these considerations,
THREE GREAT LAWS.
FIRST LAW: The warnings of reason are based in the nature of
things within us, and are universal benefactors.
SECOND LAW: Fear is contrary to the ground-plan of life. It is no
primary part of the nature of things; it is an alien in the world-
system.
THIRD LAW: The destruction of fear always follows the growth of
general courage in the individual. The fear-brood will not depart
until the soul has acquired a fixed habit of courage. Whatever
establishes that habit, or spirit, secures the service of reason-
instinct, and so undermines and finally destroys the power of
every variety of fear. These laws formulate a great
PRIMARY INJUNCTION.
Let your soul be saturated, with the sure conviction that fear is
an alien in the world-system of life, having no proper place nor
legitimate rights therein, and meanwhile resolutely set about the
task of cultivating in every possible way the permanent habit-
spirit of courageous living.
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