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Speaker 1: The human wet blanket sees no good in anything, expects

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the bad and gets it, attracts it to him, depresses everything,

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and every one carries an aura of negative, depressing thought.

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Clammy puts out the fire of energy. Take warning, did

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you ever meet the human wet blanket? To start with?

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He sees no good in anything? To him, every man

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is a rogue, every woman a schemer trying to pull

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the wool over the eyes of some man. He looks

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for the bad, expects to find it, and find that

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he does. One generally gets what he looks for. He

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attracts to him that for which he looks, and he

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cannot see any other qualities than those possessed by himself.

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Everyone is trying to cheat him outwit him, so he thinks,

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and I have no doubt that the law brings him

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a fair share of people of this kind. In order

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to prevent other people from taking advantage of him, he

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endeavors to take advantage of them in the same small

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way that he fears they will use on him. The

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consequence is the people with whom he has dealings are

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apt to give him a doze of his own medicine.

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He trusts no man he's so shrewd that he measures

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of this pool of threat in order to be sure

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that the storekeeper has not robbed him of a yard

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or two. And the funny thing is that he sets

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in motion the law which causes the one short measure's

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pool in the case to fall into his hands. He

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just draws these things to him. He thinks himself a

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marvel of cunning and endeavors to manifest it in practices,

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the result being that he attracts to himself all the

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little schemers and some of the big ones who happen

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to be within the radius of his attracting power, while

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the other type of people are repelled by his mental

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attitude and thought force. Funny, isn't it. Then he sees

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nothing but disaster ahead in any plan, and sure enough,

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if he gets near enough to the plan to contaminate it,

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trouble is sure to happen. As an attractor of negative thought,

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he is the glittering success. He seems to have a

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positive genius for doing things the wrong way, and yet

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he doesn't believe in the attractive power of thought or

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any such nonsense. He's too shrewd to take any stock

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in such ridiculous theories. Although he exhibits in his life

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a most con vincing proof of the truth of new

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thought teachings, he never says I can and I will.

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And if he hears anyone around him indulging in such

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heretical notions, he promptly proceeds to squalsh him by a

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few supposings but what ifs, and two or three gloomy

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shakes of the head and a few sighs. His motto

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seems to be there's no use trying. You can't do

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it with him. The country seems always to be going

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to the dogs, and the poor house is constantly looming

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up before him. I need scarcely add that fear, worry, jealousy,

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and suspicion are his bosom friends. He holds these thoughts constantly,

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and they and the rest of the negative brood are

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devouring him. They are making their home in his mentality

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and are increasing rapidly, besides frequently inviting their friends for

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a visit. Of course, it's nobody's business if he likes

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this sort of thing, but it is not pleasant to

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come in contact with him. He is surrounded with an

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aura of a negative, depressing, gloomy thought forth, which is

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manifest to all with whom he comes in contact. Turn

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him loose in a roomful of cheerful people, and in

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a few minutes the conversation has lacked. The warmth of

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love and friendship has disappeared, and things begin to feel

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damn and chilly, and someone will begin to make inquiry

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regarding the furnace or the stream radiators, and wondering why

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the janitor does not keep up the fire on such

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a day. Approach him when you feel fired with energy, ambition,

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and push, when you feel that you can go out

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and conquer any obstacle, and you will feel the clammy

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wet blanket thrown over you, putting out your fire of energy,

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And in a moment or two he will wonder, what's

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the use that is, unless you understand your business and

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know how to throw off the influence of the negative

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thought waves emanating from this man. Look out for him

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from the bottom of my heart. I pity this man

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and his kind. He gets none of the sweet things

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of life, he doesn't see them lying around. He misses

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the joy of living. He sees everything through jaundice eyes.

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He knows nothing of the happiness of the clear head,

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warm heart, and brotherly hand. He's so occupied in looking

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for the spoiled fruit on the ground that he does

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not see the perfect foot on the branches above his head,

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begging to be picked. He is so much engroast in

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the mud upon the road that he does not see

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the bright blue sky above his head, the beautiful landscape,

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the children playing on the grass, the mother nursing her babe,

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the old couple trudging a long hand in hand. These

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things do not exist for him. His mind is full

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of fear, suspicion, distrust, in a pity spite that love

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finds no room. But even this is good, for many

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find their way to optimism only by first sinking to

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the depths of extreme pessifism. They reach the celestial city

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by the road that winds through the valley of the

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shadow of Death. Even these things shall pass away. All's

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well