Yet this individual atmosphere has quite as much to do with one's advancement as brain-power or education.
Indeed, we constantly see men of mediocre ability but with fine personal presence, superb manner, and magnetic qualities, being rapidly advanced over the heads of those who are infinitely their superiors in mental endowments.
A good illustration of the influence of personal atmosphere is found in the orator who carries his audience with him like a whirlwind, while he is delivering his speech, and yet so little of this personal element adheres to his cold words in print that those who read them are scarcely moved at all.

The influence of such speakers depends almost wholly upon their presence,--the atmosphere that emanates from them.
They are much larger than anything they say or do.
Certain personalities are greater than mere physical beauty and more powerful than learning.

Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters, and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
We are unconsciously influenced by people who possess this magnetic power.

The moment we come into their presence we have a sense of enlargement.

They unlock within us possibilities of which we previously had no conception.