Act Boldly And Unforeseen Forces Will Come

Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail.

Fiction Supplies The Only Philosophy That May Readers Know; It Establishes Their Ethical, Social, And Material Standards; It Confirms Them In Their Prejudices Or Opens Their Minds To A Wider World.

Proverbs Are For The Most Part Rules Of Moral, Or, Still More Properly, Of Prudential Conduct.

The Games Of The Ancient Greeks Were, In Their Original Institutions, Religious Solemnities.

All That Is Necessary To Break The Spell Of Inertia And Frustration Is This: Act As If It Were Impossible To Fail. That Is The Talisman, The Formula, The Command Of Right-about-face Which Turns Us From Failure Towards Success.