Poise: How to Attain It
by D. Starke
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About this eBook
- Author
- Starke, D.
- Title
- Poise : how to attain it
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
- Subject
- Conduct of life
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13877
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13877
- Release Date
- October 26, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MENTAL EFFICIENCY SERIES — POISE
- 2.HOW TO ATTAIN IT — By D. STARKE — TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS MEDHURST, D.LITT. — AUTHORIZED EDITION — "Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self"
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS — PART I
- 5.POISE: ITS NEED, ITS ENEMIES, ITS EFFECT
- 6.CHAPTER I — THE NEED OF POISE IN LIFE
- 7.CHAPTER II — THE ENEMIES OF POISE
- 8.CHAPTER III — WAR ON TIMIDITY — PART II
- 9.HOW TO ACQUIRE POISE
- 10.CHAPTER I — MODESTY AND EFFRONTERY CONTRASTED
- 11.CHAPTER II — PHYSICAL EXERCISES TO ACQUIRE POISE
- 12.CHAPTER III — FOUR SERIES OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES — FIRST SERIES--BREATHING — SECOND SERIES--TRAINING OF THE EYE — THIRD SERIES--THE MOTIONS, THE CARRIAGE — FOURTH SERIES--SPEAKING EXERCISES
- 13.CHAPTER IV — PRACTICAL EXERCISES FOR OBTAINING POISE — COMPOSURE — DAILY SELF-EXAMINATION — RESOLUTION — PREPARATION — THE THOUGHT OF SUCCESS
- 14.CHAPTER V — THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT
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