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Victories attained by right thought can only be maintained by watchfulness. Many give way when success is assured, and rapidly fall back into failure. VICTORIES ATTAINED BY RIGHT THOUGHT CAN ONLY BE MAINTAINED BY WATCHFULNESS MANY GIVE WAY WHEN SUCCESS IS ASSURED AND RAPIDLY FALL BACK INTO FAILURE
but they are not the outcome of those characteristics; they are the natural outgrowth of long and arduous effort, and of pure and unselfish thoughts. Spiritual achievements are the consummation of holy aspirations. He who lives constantly in the conception of noble and lofty thoughts, who dwells upon all that is pure and unselfish, will, as surely as the sun reaches its zenith and the moon its full, become wise and noble in character, and rise into a position of influence and blessedness. Achievement, of whatever kind, is the crown of effort, the diadem of thought. By the aid of self-control, resolution, purity, righteousness, and well-directed thought a man ascends; by the aid of animality, indolence, impurity, corruption, and confusion of thought a man descends. A man may rise to high success in the world, and even to lofty altitudes in the spiritual realm, and again descend into weakness and wretchedness by allowing arrogant, selfish, and corrupt thoughts to take possession of him.  NECTED WITH VANITY AND AMBITION BUT THEY ARE NOT THE OUTCOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THEY ARE THE NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF LONG AND ARDUOUS EFFORT AND OF PURE AND UNSELFISH THOUGHTS SPIRITUAL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE CONSUMMATION OF HOLY ASPIRATIONS HE WHO LIVES CONSTANTLY IN THE CONCEPTION OF NOBLE AND LOFTY THOUGHTS WHO DWELLS UPON ALL THAT IS PURE AND UNSELFISH WILL AS SURELY AS THE SUN REACHES ITS ZENITH AND THE MOON ITS FULL BECOME WISE AND NOBLE IN CHARACTER AND RISE INTO A POSITION OF INFLUENCE AND BLESSEDNESS ACHIEVEMENT OF WHATEVER KIND IS THE CROWN EFFORT THE DIADEM OF THOUGHT BY THE AID OF SELF CONTROL RESOLUTION PURITY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WELL DIRECTED THOUGHT A MAN ASCENDS BY THE AID OF ANIMALITY INDOLENCE IMPURITY CORRUPTION AND CONFUSION OF THOUGHT A MAN DESCENDS A MAN MAY RISE TO HIGH SUCCESS IN THE WORLD AND EVEN TO LOFTY ALTITUDES IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM AND AGAIN DESCEND INTO WEAKNESS AND WRETCHEDNESS BY ALLOWING ARROGANT SELFISH AND CORRUPT THOUGHTS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF HIM 
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