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Thought-Magnets

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With each strong thought, with every earnest longing         For aught thou deemest needful to thy soul,     Invisible vast forces are set thronging         Between thee and that goal.     'Tis only when some hidden weakness alters         And changes thy desire, or makes it less,     That this mysterious army ever falters         Or stops short of success.     Thought is a magnet; and the longed-for pleasure         Or boon, or aim, or object, is the steel;     And its attainment hangs but on the measure         Of what thy soul can feel.

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"With each strong thought, with every earnest longing..."

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