“There is nothing good or evil save in the will.”
--Epictetus

“The star of the conquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm and self-possessed.”
--Longfellow

Dealing with the will to be well, I am not unmindful of the fact that there are, in the metaphysical world today, many depreciating the use of the will. It is spoken of by some as that which is blind, stubborn and headlong. This is probably because we are apt to look upon only one side of the picture. We are prone to see only the negative aspects of the human will, or perhaps those positive aspects of it which are blind, stubborn and headlong.

But simply because the human will exhibits these peculiarities from time to time, there is no reason for deprecating or abrogating or repudiating it altogether. The human will plays a most