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does not exist. Assert your Self and become the master of all. REFLECTION"-One of the most important elements that constitute success is reflection. It is more or less an exercise-intellectual exercise; by this the mind is cleared and the thought receives a greater impulse. "Read and reflect" is an adage worth remembering. Just take a piece of poetry; read it slowly; think of its various meanings; value the thought that could have suggested the piece; weigh each word in it and see what a clearness and precision is before you. Now take your life; aye, a day of your life; say from morn to eve. Just when you retire for the night, recount each word act and deed of yours from morning till then. Think over each of them in an impartial light; see what a host of light-true light-is thrown, and everything in its right sense is revealed to you. If your recounting portrays your acts of the day in a light which would make you blush, turn over a new leaf and improve yourself. Try this for a week and say whether you have become master of your actions or not. A rigid training along this line will make you pure and enable you to control yourself and this leads to success. BREATH-The Bible says:-"And the Lord God breathed into the nostrils the breath of life and man became a living Soul." Man cannot live without air even for a few minutes, whereas he can go without food and water for days to -