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 INDEX

��physical side, 71-75 ; why some experiences cause pleasant and others unpleasant states of consciousness, 75-79; relation of, to desire, 79-81 ; and habit, 81-83; strength of stimulus as related to the feeling-tone, 83- 86; effect of growing intelli gence upon character of, 86- 90; effective means and methods of exciting, 115 ff. , delivery as a means of arous ing, 116-125; exciting of, by skilful use of language, 125- 132; necessity of harmony be tween emotions evoked, for arousing of, 133-134; opera tion of, in the determination of belief, 149-152, 154.

Feeling-tones, distinguished from feelings, 65-68; relation be tween physiological disturb ance and, 70-71.

Fiction, appropriate for purpose of developing the sentiments, 112.

Flattery, impression of, to be avoided in exerting suggestive influence, 225.

Fluctuation of the attention, 181-185.

&quot;Focalized consciousness, atten tion as, 165-166.

Forecasting, power of, confined to consciousness of human or ganisms, 193.

Freedom of the will, question of, 196-200.

Frugality, formerly held a vir tue by the business man, 329.

Function, instinct denned in terms of, 3.

Functional meaning, 43-45.

Fusion, means of promoting process of, in assemblies, 248- 254.

Garb, psychological effect of the

preacher s, 297. God, different meanings borne by

the word, 54; means of devel

��oping love for, by preachers, 112; preacher s interpretation of message of, 293-294; influ ences leading to present day confusion as to relation of, to the universe, 358-359; sup planting of, in the modern mind, by human relationships and humanly controlled en vironment, 360-366 ; idea of, in minds influenced by science and by humanly controlled en vironment, 366-367 ; concep tion of, held by ethical ideal ists, 367-368; humanizing of, by one class of modern thinkers, 368; modern view of man s relation to, as one of co-operation or of opposition, 370-371.

Gravity, preacher s tendency to habitual and merely superficial, 295-298.

Great Fear, the, an illustration of mental epidemic, 267 ; pre disposing causes of, 274-275.

Habit, instinct improperly view ed, as, 4-5 ; influence of, on instincts, 6; discussion of, among the controls of con duct, 11-16; relation of feel ing and, 81-83 ; development of sentiments and ideals a process of habit formation,

III-II2.

Head and heart, struggle be tween, a significant phe nomenon, 156.

Historians, selection in recall of images by, 26-27.

Honesty, the first virtue among business men, 329.

Humanity, love of, to be devel oped by preachers by use of sentiments and ideals, 112-113.

Huntington, Ellsworth, &quot; Civil ization and Climate,&quot; cited, 278 n.

Hylan, &quot; The Fluctuation of the Attention,&quot; cited, 183.

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