good reason
to think so, but who has found out that
he was mistaken and that life is not hopeless
at all; and who believes that what helped
him may help somebody else who is under
a cloud similar to the one that he once
lived under. Many things you want most
are now within your reach.
It has been said that if a man were to offer twenty-dollar gold pieces for sale on the street at fifty cents each, there would be few buyers, because nearly everybody would leap to the conclusion that he was a fraud. If you will study the real reason why people instinctively feel that way, you will find in it the very secret of success in getting what you want.
You have heard it said a thousand times that "you can't get something for nothing." You may or may not think that you believe this to be true, but it is true, whether you believe it or not; and everybody deep down in his inner nature knows it is true. That's why he is shy of any promise that promises too much. That's why you are probably skeptical about the promise of this little piece of print. But just let this idea get a foothold in your mind: If it is a law that I cannot get something for nothing, then it must be true of this law, as it is of all genuine laws, that it works both ways; it must be true that I cannot give anything without getting something for it. Ever think of that?
Have you ever been surprised to find that when you liked or disliked a man or a woman, that person was sure to return the feeling you had for or "gave"
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