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 completion. It would also have the tendency of effecting a marked change in other things—in modes of thought, in associations, and in environment. “L” follows, with its beneficent influences, differing from “C” in that it can gather. It would also help to retain that which is accumulated. It intensifies the executive ability; instills the wisdom that uses forces wisely; and, being a Living Letter, neutralizes the effects of the discordant letter that follows.

While the writer recognizes the fact that, in some particulars at least, several of the readings do not seem to harmonize precisely with popular opinion respecting the characteristics of the persons described, he has no intention of apologizing for these apparent short-comings, or even attempting to explain them. The qualities delineated are those of the soul—those that come, whether we will to have them or not—under the law of the letter.