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��of, to volition, 169-170; classi fication of, in three ways, 170; compulsory, 170-173 ; volun tary, 173-175 ; spontaneous, 175-177; narrow scope of, 177-178; constant shifting of, 178-181 ; fluctuations in inten sity or degree of, 181-183; making sentences and para graphs correspond to pulses of, 183-185.
Authority, importance of, as a suggestive force, 226-227.
Autonomy, resistance of an or ganism to interference with its, 214; the higher the or ganism, the greater its jeal ousy for its, 214; suggestibil ity varies inversely as the insistence of the personality upon maintaining its, 215-216.
Awe, weakening of sense of, in present-day religion, 368.
��Bagley, W. C, "Educational Values," cited, 105, 203.
Baldwin, J. M., "Thought and Things," cited, 164.
Beecher, Henry Ward, device of, for compelling attention, 172 ; power of oratory to promote mental fusion shown by, 253
Belief, discussion of, 135 ff. ; connection between doubt and, 145-146, 148-149; operation of feeling in the t determination of, 149-152 ; primitive credu lity, rational conviction, and vital assurance the three gen eral classes of, 152-154; feel ing operative in formation of all three classes, 154; religious belief a member of class of vital assurance, 154-155.
Bergson, H. L., cited as to the forth-reaching, onward-mov ing character of life, 192.
Bodily movement, concerted, as a means of promoting process of fusion in a crowd, 250-253.
��Boodin, J. E., " The Existence of Social Minds," cited, 249.
Booth, " Life and Labours in London," quoted, 315.
Broadus, J. A., " Preparation and Delivery of Sermons," discussion of structure of sen tences in, 132 n. ; quoted on morality in Christ s personal teachings, 374.
Bryan, W. J., power of oratory shown by, 253-254.
Business man, defined, 321 ; dis tinction made between the in dividual and the corporate type of, 321-322; importance of, under modern conditions, 322-324 ; intellectual charac teristics of, 324-328; ethical peculiarities of, 328-332; dou ble standard of ethics accepted by, 330-332; religious pecu liarities of, 332-337.
Character-making, importance of sentiments and ideals in, 109- 110, 112-114.
Children, extraordinary sugges tibility of, 218-220; quick ef fect of crowd-suggestion upon, 246-247.
Christianity, predisposing condi tions favouring rise of, 276; modern emphasis upon ethical element of, 374.
City, environmental conditions in the, and mental effects of,
343-349-
Class consciousness among la bouring men, and effect on their ethical life, 316-318.
Climatic factors, effect of, in mental epidemics, 277-278.
Closed mind, attitude of the, 143-144 ; dangers of this con dition, 146-147 ; advantages posessed by the open mind over, 147-148.
Coe, summary of theories of the subconscious by, 16-17.
Collective moods, among the pre-
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