William Walker Atkinson 
The Power of Thought in Business and Everyday Life 

In justice to myself, I think it well to state that this work has been somewhat hastily prepared from the notes used by me in certain of my lectures, the lessons given herein practically being the syllabi of the said lectures. In the lectures, and in this work, my one and only purpose has been to acquaint the student with the means of developing, and effectively using, the mighty forces latent within him—Personal Magnetism and Psychic Influence.