Excerpt from Pierre's Soul (L'ame De Pierre)And do you believe in the potency of a persistent suggestion, which causes an idea to enter your brain, as sharp and penetrating as the point of a gimlet? Do you believe that this idea can spread itself through your moral nature to the extent of altering your physical condition, for you readily agree with me, do you not, that the moral has a mighty and decisive in¿uence upon the physical state of man?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.