conviction may color or modify any premises which we may formulate, and make it appear true when it is false, or vice versa. What is more, a strong subconscious conviction may influence the mind to form all of its premises so as to harmonize with that conviction, thus forcing the logical process to prove that the subconscious conviction is true, even though it may be the most impossible illusion. A great deal of this is done; in fact, there are few minds that are absolutely free from it.

Again, a great many impressions concerning the nature of life in general, and this or that in particular, may establish themselves so firmly in the subconscious that they are accepted as absolute facts; and these may be employed as fundamentals in the formulating of principles, laws, premises, and so on. Upon these fundamentals we may construct an immense system of thought which may seem to be plausible, reasonable, and logical, and we may gain thousands of followers even though there may not be a single truth at the bottom of the system.

In this connection we must remember that any idea which seems plausible may impress itself upon the subconscious as a fact. And since we naturally accept what comes from the subconscious, provided the subconscious expression be very strong, we will believe this plausible idea to be a fact even though it may be nothing more than a mere illusion. It is the nature of the human mind