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electric current flows along the wires overhead, and is taken

up and applied through the trolley-pole and then the electrical
mechanism of the car always under the control of the man
who drives the car. Men are giants in embryo. By the application
of the proper methods they may awaken the dormant energies
and latent forces, and thus make of themselves what they Will.
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Chapter XIV.
Phases of Will Development.
In considering the subject of the Development of the Will,
particularly in the phase of the selection of appropriate
methods for the purpose of strengthening and exercising the
Will-Power, we must first analyze the various stages or phases of
the actual operation of the Will. By understanding the various
processes concerned and operative in every complete act of
the Will, we may select and intelligently apply the appropriate
methods instead of attempting unnaturally to force the Will
processes by some psychological hot-house process.
We find that there are five successive steps or stages
manifested in every complete and completed act of Will. These
steps are as follows:
1. The perception by the mind of some action to be
performed. This perception may be caused in two ways, viz., (a)
By the presentation to the attention of some object outside
of the minds of the individual; (b) By the presentation to the
attention of some object which has been impressed upon
the memory from former experience with outside objects.
This phase or stage of the operation of the Will involves the
Attention, the Perception, and the Memory.
The Will