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Show THE POWER Ol' rVWKATrON, Anything Will Be Believed If Repeat ed Often Enough. Thoro Is nothing moro extraordinary than tho effect produced by reiteration upon tho public mind Almost any nonsense mattes an Impression If only It Is repeated often enough In print. Tho fortunes mndo by soaps, hair washes, patent medicines, patent aids 'to cooker, otc. aro wltnesser 'o this curious, fact. Thoro Is n form of self advertise-mont advertise-mont which proves even moie point edly than commercial advertisement tho wonderful potency of assertion. It la something far subtler th.iu u lint vo i bavo been dlt-cusstng, and appeals to a smaller nnd moio xclect public. In ' this eac tue dereptlou goes further, I but It Is tun-try to obtain tho full effect tlmt a rvon who :ralc the assertion s'lould himself believe In Its truth The power to deceive wltn which the sc ir-ilccelvcd are often en tlowi'U is reiruil.ahlo. By countless asierllons a stupid man tnn emnlnco h.mhelf. This U why iipreceptho pcoide beeomn so pigheaded and prejudiced as tl'ey get older -The Spertator. |