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very advantageously employed in Character Building, and in

Self Development. It is found to be the active basis of all the
various forms of self improvement along mental lines.
All of the above forms of Suggestion will be touched upon
under the chapters devoted to them in this book, with further
explanation and details. The purpose of this introductory
chapter is merely to give you a general idea of what Suggestion
is, and its several forms.
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Chapter 2
Suggestion of Authority.
In the preceding chapter we called your attention to the fact
that Suggestions are accepted by persons when given by one
or more of three general methods. These three methods,
you will remember, are: (1) Suggestion by impression, as by
authoritative statements, etc.; (2) Suggestion by inducing the
idea in the mind, by insinuation, hint, and other indirect means;
and (3) Suggestion along the lines of association of outward
objects, etc., which act both by impressing and inducing the
idea in the receptive mind of the person so suggested to.
But these three classes of suggestion may be considered as
being caused by the suggestion reaching the individual along
several different lines, or channels. For convenience we may
divide these channels of suggestion into five classes, viz:
I. The Suggestion of Authority;
II. The Suggestion of Association;
III. The Suggestion of Habit;
IV. The Suggestion of Repetition;
V. The Suggestion of Imitation.
In order that you may be able to distinguish the difference
between these different phases of Suggestion, we shall call your
Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion