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The Mystic Will

CHAPTER V
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Last of all we find it, probably as the result of all associated functions or powers, at the head of all, their Executive president.

But _is_ it "the exponent of correlated forces ?" There indeed doctors differ.
There is a very curious Italian verb, _Invogliare_, which is thus described in a Dictionary of Idioms: "_Invogliare_ is to inspire a will or desire, _cupiditatem injicere a movere_.

To _invogliare_ anyone is to awake in him the will or the ability or capacity, an earnest longing or appetite, an ardent wish--_alicujus rei cupiditatem a desiderium alicni movere_--to bring into action a man's hankering, solicitude, anxiety, yearning, ardor, predilection, love, fondness and relish, or aught which savors of Willing." Our English word, _Inveigle_, is derived from it, but we have none precisely corresponding to it which so generally sets forth the idea of inspiring a will in another person.

"Suggestion" is far more general and vague.

Now if a man could thus _in-will_ himself to good or moral purpose, he would assume a new position in life.


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