newspapers from time to time inform us, why could we not expect any sort of reconstruction from the progressive peoples of the globe? It is this kind of preparation for success that the modern movement in behalf of efficiency calls for. We have had this standard in mind in pleading throughout this book for recognition of all the forces at work in the human organism that are likely to be in any way influential. The man who studies his resources in this fashion cannot fail or need not if he cares to win. It may be well to expect improvement from the first, rather than to set limits in view of all that must be conquered. Nevertheless, the majority of us waste a great amount of energy by rushing ahead before we know whither we are going or what road will take us there. He who knows the whole field can rest with the assurance of a general who understands the enemy he intends to conquer on the morrow through adroit moves at the right moment.

The present is becoming the age of the science of success, now that the day of mere precepts and fragmentary schemes is passing. If "nothing succeeds like success," we should be able to demonstrate that this promise applies to the whole of life. For we have grown weary of merely external success, at least many of us are weary, and we refuse any longer to identify success with the amassing of great wealth. It is time now to dwell