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Title: The Practice of Autosuggestion

Author: C. Harry Brooks

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THE PRACTICE OF AUTOSUGGESTION

BY THE METHOD _of_ EMILE COUE

_Revised Edition_

BY

C. HARRY BROOKS

WITH A FOREWORD BY

EMILE COUE

"For what man knoweth the things of a man save the
spirit of the man which is in him?"

1 CORINTHIANS ii. 11.

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1922

COPYRIGHT 1922

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PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION

To my American readers a special word of gratitude is due for their
generosity to this little book. I hope that it has given them as much
encouragement and help as they have given me.

In America, the home of so many systems of mental healing, it is
perhaps even more necessary than in Europe to insist on the distinctive
features of M. Coue's teaching. It is based, not on transcendental or
mystical postulates, but on the simple and acknowledged facts of
psychology. This does not mean that it has no relation to religion.
On the contrary it has a very close one. Indeed I hope in a future
volume to point out its deep significance for the Christian churches.
But that relationship remains in M. Coue's teaching unexpressed. The
powers he has revealed