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166 forth new states of the will and its affections, and an altered flow and endeavor of all the human forces. "The human world is full of powers in a state of balance and indifference; change the posture of anything therein and the whole has to re-adjust itself to a new balance,—a rush of forces takes place, and currents pass to and fro until the equilibrium is recovered." "The moral and physical are both under this statical law." Hourly and momentarily, by touch, by sphere, by speech, by simple thought, human beings are thus affecting and moving one another, consciously, or unconsciously, for good or ill. The power of one will and mind over another, by the use of thoughts manifested in words, looks or acts, directed to the judgment and understanding, or to the feelings of fear, ambition or hope, is the common fact of all social contact. Why should it not be exerted then for the useful ends of healing? "If ever it has been good to be under a course of murcury" asks Dr. Wilkinson, "shall it not be better still to be under a course of humanity?" The sphere of a sound, believing, use-loving person directed to the mind of a sick, ignorant, fearful, discouraged one, is simply a direct application