This won, all may be won, by continued reflection and perseverance.

It is the great step gained, the alphabet learned, by which the mind may pass to boundless power.
It may be here interesting to consider some of the states of mind into which a person may be brought by hypnotism.

When subject to the will of an operator the patient may believe anything--that he is a mouse or a girl, drunk or inspired.

The same may result from self-hypnotism by artificial methods which appeal powerfully to the imagination.
According to Dr.JAMES R.COCKE many of his patients could induce this by looking at any bright object, a bed of coals, or at smooth running water.

It is, of course, to be understood that it is not merely by _looking_ that hypnotism is induced.