Part 1

SELF-CONTROL ITS KINGSHIP AND MAJESTY

WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN

FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

CHICAGO LONDON TORONTO NEW YORK EDINBURGH

Republished from the Saturday Evening Post through the courtesy of the Curtis Publishing Company,

Copyright, 1898 and 1899, by CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Copyright, 1899 and 1905, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

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CONTENTS

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I. The Kingship of Self-Control 7

II. The Crimes of the Tongue 18

III. The Red Tape of Duty 28

IV. The Supreme Charity of the World 38

V. Worry, the Great American Disease 49

VI. The Greatness of Simplicity 60

VII. Living life Over Again 71

VIII. Syndicating our Sorrows 82

IX. The Revelations of Reserve Power 93

X. The Majesty of Calmness 104

XI. Hurry, the Scourge of America 113

XII. The Power of Personal Influence 124

XIII. The Dignity of Self-Reliance 135

XIV. Failure as a Success 147

XV. Doing Our Best at All Times 161

XVI. The Royal Road to Happiness 178

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