J.N. Hunt

There is no power quite so strong as the power of expectancy. We usually ac­complish what we really expect to accom­plish.

An example of this is recorded in Mat­thew 17 where a man brought his devil-possessed son to Jesus and complained:…

"Lord, when thou seest me in danger of nestling, in pity—in tender pity—put a thorn in my nest to prevent me from it!"

IN THE book In His Image, William Jennings Bryan writes about the responses a speaker inspires in his hearers. He contrasted the people's reactions to the Roman Cicero and to the Greek Demosthenes. In their ancient times both were…

THE title of a recent red-bordered "Time Essay" asked the intriguing question "Whatever happened to Charisma?" Then another first-line question, "Where have all the leaders gone?" hooked me into reading the whole article. The writer was lamenting…