It is the half doing and not the whole doing which most tires. It is the breathless, hurried, spasmodic exertion which soonest exhausts. In the manual of arms the proper handling of the musket is accomplished through a series of efforts, each one of which has its definite end in view. It stops when that end is accomplished and is succeeded by another equally exact. As a result, not only is the end in view secured in the quickest and easiest manner, but a certain sense of pleasure and satisfaction accompanies the act. All dexterity is the result of an analogous system. All slovenly action comes from the lack of this discipline. One may carry out this mental military discipline in the tying of a shoe-string, the arrangement of a neck-tie, or the sewing on of a button. When this habit is established in all things, there is true mental discipline.—Selected.
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From the December 1901 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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