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AS A MAN THINKETH JAMES ALLEN
325 self-analysis. Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he
326 will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in
327 the material conditions of his life. Men imagine that thought
328 can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into
329 habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance. Bestial
330 thoughts crystallize into habits of drunkenness and
331 sensuality, which solidify into circumstances of destruction
332 and disease: impure thoughts of every kind crystallize into
333 enervating and confusing habits, which solidify into
334 distracting and adverse circumstances: thoughts of fear,
335 doubt, and indecision crystallize into weak, unmanly, and
336 irresolute habits, which solidify into circumstances of failure,
337 indigence, and slavish dependence: lazy thoughts crystallize
338 into habits of uncleanliness and dishonesty, which solidify
339 into circumstances of foulness and beggary: hateful and
340 condemnatory thoughts crystallize into habits of accusation
341 and violence, which solidify into circumstances of injury and
342 persecution: selfish thoughts of all kinds crystallize into
343 habits of self-seeking, which solidify into circumstances more
344 of less distressing. On the other hand, beautiful thoughts of
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