Right And Wrong Thinking was published in 1905 and is one of the earlier books in the field variously known as Mental Science, New Thought, or Law of Attraction. It was the first book by Aaron Martin Crane (1839-1914), published when he was 67, just nine years before his death. Crane was born in Vermont and served in the Vermont Calvary during the Civil War. He later served as an Internal Revenue agent in several cities around the country. After developing his philosophy through teaching classes and lecturing he decided to present it to a larger public by writing the book. Right And Wrong Thinking was well-received and he went on to publish a second book in 1910 dealing with what he called man’s inherent divine perfection, titled A Search After Ultimate Truth.
Book publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston
Book copyright: 1905
Book edition: Twelfth Printing, 1914
Pages: 361 (379 bound pages)
Size: 5-1/4″ x 7-7/8″
Dust jacket: None
Illustrations: None
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Relation of Thinking to Bodily Action
- Intended Actions
- Actions Not Intended
- A General Proposition As Seen By Others
- Mutual Reactions of Mind and Body
- Influence of External Incidents
- The Rule
- Discordant Thoughts
- How To Control Thinking
- Substitution
- Immediate Action
- Persistence
- Not Always Easy
- Effect of the Physical Attitude
- All One’s Own Work
- Destruction of Discordant Thoughts
- Scylla and Charybdis
- Moral Discrimination
- A Little Analysis and Its Application
- Habit
- The Relation of Thinking To Health
- Recapitulation of Principles
- The Worry Habit
- Business Success
- Undivided Attention
- Importance of Early Training
- Three Notable Examples
- The Penalty for Sin
- A Story and Its Lesson
- The Story of a Contract
- The Story of a Note
- A Discussion of the Stories
- Sensitiveness
- Sympathy
- Suggestion
- Hypnotic Control
- Environment
- Each Is Responsible For Himself
- Thought Control Is the True Self-Control
- Man — The Architect of Himself Possibility of Perfection
- The Teaching of Jesus
- A Last Word