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