Lack of continuity is dissipation of energy. True Will includes
the quality of dogged, persistent, determined Application. This may not constitute Genius but it is a very good substitute for it, and accomplishes far more in the end. It may not be the Artistic Temperament but it makes good. It is the quality that one can count on, and figure down to the last fraction of certainty. Beware of the Lack of Continuity. It is the rotten speck on many a peach. Lack of Perseverance. This is another mark of the negative Will. To some it may seem synonymous with the quality of Lack of Continuity, just considered. But it is far different. Lack of continuity arises from the desire for change that is, the desire to transfer the Will to some other thing, task, or object. Lack of perseverance, on the contrary, consists of a desire to relax and give up the interest gets tired and the Will is not exerted to brace it up and hold it to the task until the end. It implies a lack of determination and persistence, rather than a fickle, changeable character. It denotes the lack of staying power. Lack of continuity arises largely from temperament, while lack of perseverance arises from lack of intelligent exercise of the Will. Consequently while the cure of the former negative quality necessitates a complete change of temperament, the cure of the latter simply needs exercise, practice and patient work. Fear. This is the most negative of all the mental qualities, and is at the extreme negative pole of Will. Under the influence of extreme Fear, the Will becomes as if paralyzed the Will becomes non-will, if the term may be used. Fear in its sense of aversion, is described as the negative pole of desire, and in the same way fear, in its effect upon volition, may be described as the negative pole of the will to Will. Fear is the great restrainer of Will Action, and its presence in a developed state in the mind of a person tends to inhibit many of his expressions of Will. The majority of things that we fear have no basis in fact or reason our fears are largely inheritances and temperamental in character. This mental attitude may The Will