Influence

Influence! That almost magical word, what things it suggests!
To influence others! What a marvelous gift, and what assured success to him that possesses it!
He will not know the loneliness of self-isolation from the rest of mankind. The weaknesses of the will, the terrors that cause the rise of the phantom of agonizing doubt, will be strangers to him. Both the spirit and the body will be under command. The griefs of life never will completely overwhelm him. He will have the joy of seeing that men’s hearts, under the influence of his word and his example, will open to pure and noble sentiments. The art of succeeding will become familiar to him, for he will know how to attract to himself voluntary collaborators. In short, his power will set him apart as a being different from others.