Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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36898The only question that concerns the nation that puts a general at the head of its forces is, has he the powers that shall make us victorious?
17829The centipede was happy quite, Until the toad, for fun, Said,''Pray which leg goes after which?'' 17829 A happy thought comes to you-- will you remember it tomorrow when the hour for action arrives? 17829 Who is present? 17829 _ Make systematic use of your sense- organs._[ Sidenote:_ How to Remember Names_] Do you find it difficult to remember names? 13136 What Is God?
13136................................................................... How long so affected?..............................................
13136Are you reading Dr. Bush''s books?..................................
13136Are you tense?
13136Are you willing to earnestly work in harmony with the treatment when sent out?........................................................
13136Do you wish to conquer disease-- strengthen your personality-- be more and do more?
13136Ever had a severe accident, shock, great sorrow or disappointment?
13136Ever taken Silent Treatment?.......................................
13136What is God?
13136What is wrong?
13136Where is Success?
13136Which ones?........................................................
13791And How?
13791And Why?
13791And"faith"in What?
13791Are you fully equipped to take a valiant part in the work of the coming years?
13791Are you increasing your fitness to appreciate it and take part in it, or are you merely passing your time away?
13791Are you prepared to direct and deploy_ Achievement__ these forces with masterful control and strategic skill?
13791Are you prepared to use all your reserves of mental energy in the crises of your career?
13791But what is"faith"?
13791For example, in order to bend your forefinger do you first think it over, then deliberately put forth some special form of energy?
13791How many foot- pounds of energy do you suppose you annually dump into the scrap- heap of wasted effort?
13791In conscious usefulness?
13791In peace and happiness?
13791The point with him is simply this, Does or does not this object or this event in any way affect that object or that event or determine its behavior?
13791What does this mean to you in dollars and cents?
13791What was the effect of this dreadful spectacle upon the onlookers?
13791What, then, is the cell, and what part has it played in this process of evolution?
13791[ Sidenote: The Fundamental Law of Expression] Why multiply instances?
17334Do you employers and superior officers in business realize how much of this hidden strength there is in your men? 17334 Do you workers know your own strength?
17334Are you working up to your capacity?
17334Can you answer these questions accurately?
17334For such the pertinent question is, How may I reduce the expenditure of energy without reducing the efficiency of my labor?
17334How much should you spend?
17334How much time do you spend in rest and relaxation?
17334Is it any wonder that so few reach any great success?
17334Or are you accepting the limits which the circumstances place about you?"
17334Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done?
17334What is your usual experience in this respect?
17334What was the source and inspiration for this persistent effort?
17334for the time being, and that you then yield to the impulse to stop?
28359Can it, then, go outside of the mind to meet the table or even"hover in midair like a bridge between the two"?
28359Has it ever occurred to you that this object may have no existence apart from your mental impression of it?
28359Have you ever realized that no object ever has been or ever could be known to exist unless there was an individual mind present to note its existence?
28359How?
28359How?
28359INWARDNESS OF ENVIRONMENT FACTORS OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE 43 SHOULD SEEING BE BELIEVING?
28359If you perceive the table, must not your perception of it exist wholly within your own mind?
28359SENSATIONS AND OUR PERCEPTION OF THEM MIND''S SOURCE OF SUPPLIES 9 DOES MATTER EXIST?
28359The external table of wood and glue and bolts?
28359What has ceased to exist?
33076( III) A question mark(?)
33076Are they up to the average of those engaged in similar work?
33076Are you yourself"making good"in this respect?
33076But what about its mental attitude?
33076Does he approach his"prospect"with the confident enthusiasm that brings orders?
33076Does the shipping clerk take a delighted interest in getting out his deliveries?
33076Have you been harboring the delusion that"quick as thought"is a phrase expressive of flash- like quickness?
33076Have you had the idea that thought is instantaneous?
33076Have you trained it wisely?
33076How fast do your thoughts come, compared to the average man in your field of activity?
33076How fast does your stenographer think?
33076How rapidly does your mind work?
33076If you were about to purchase a new tire for your automobile or a few pairs of stockings, what brand would you buy, and why?
33076Is the salesman proud of his line and his house?
33076What, then, is the process that unifies these isolated sense- perceptions and gives us our knowledge of things as concrete wholes?
33076When you think of a camera or a cake of soap, what particular make comes first to your mind?
33076When you think of a home, what is the mental picture that rises before you, and why?
33076Your chauffeur?
33076Your clerk?
33076[ Sidenote:_ Brands and Tags_] If you wanted to buy a house, what local subdivision would come first to your mind, and why?
33076[ Sidenote:_ Executives Real and Sham_] Does the truckman whistle at his work?
33076[ Sidenote:_ The Value of an Idea_] As Mr. Waldo P. Warren says,"Who can measure the value of an idea?
26942I suppose you''re a painter and regretting you have n''t brought your sketching materials?
26942--"How will the Discobolus recover when he has let go the quoit?"
26942And if so in what manner?
26942And if so,_ why is it where it is?_ Whence does it come?
26942And if so,_ why is it where it is?_ Whence does it come?
26942And that makes me think: Why not start a joint- stock company to build them?
26942But when we thus_ perceive_ a shape, what is it precisely that we grasp or take in?
26942CHAPTER IX EMPATHY_ THE mountain rises._ What do we mean when we employ this form of words?
26942CHAPTER V PERCEPTION OF RELATIONS WHY should this be the case?
26942Does this shape suggest the thing''s possession of desires and purposes which we can deal with?
26942Even such technical questions as"where and when restored or repainted?"
26942How will it_ feel_ towards us( if it can feel)?
26942Instead therefore of asking: Why is there a preference for what we call Beauty?
26942Is the ceiling to remain a unity, or be broken up into irrelevant compositions?
26942My answer is: When did I say or imply that he was_ aware_ of doing any of it?
26942No one except an art- critic sees a new picture or statue without first asking"What does it represent?
26942Not: What is the use of Art?
26942Or is it such that_ we_ can do thus by it?
26942Or of the sudden, wilful kind we know in animals and men?
26942Or will it change its place only if_ we_ supply the necessary_ locomotion?_ Briefly: is the thing of which we see the shape inert or active?
26942Or will it change its place only if_ we_ supply the necessary_ locomotion?_ Briefly: is the thing of which we see the shape inert or active?
26942To sum all up: What does the presence of this shape lead us to think and do and feel?
26942What becomes therefore of our awareness of raising or lifting or_ rising?_ What can become of it( so long as it continues to be there!)
26942What does this shape tell us of such more formidable locomotion?
26942What is it going to do?
26942What is it_ thinking_ of( if it can think)?
26942What will be its future and what may have been its past?
26942What would it say( if it could speak)?
26942Will it, like a loose stone, fall upon us?
26942like flame, rise towards us?
26942like water, spread over us?
26942of what precise date?
26942to advance or recede from us?
26942we should have to ask: why has perception, feeling, logic, imagination, come to be just what it is?
22489Can you distinctly remember a voice you have not heard for a long time?
22489Can you form an auditory image of thunder?
22489Can you imagine a red surface?
22489Can you imagine the taste of sugar?
22489Can you in imagination hear your door- bell ringing?
22489Can you in imagination live over again any past physical suffering?
22489Can you mentally hear the squeak of a mouse?
22489Can you re- experience a feeling of exhaustion?
22489Can you recall the feeling of woolen underwear?
22489Can you recall the tones of an entire selection of music played on the piano?
22489Can you remember just how butter tastes?
22489Can you see a bird flying through the air?
22489Can you see a smooth surface?
22489Can you see the whole room just as clearly as if you were in it at this moment?
22489Do these images come to you with the distinctness of reality?
22489Does it pucker your mouth?
22489Does it seem like a real lemon?
22489Does the cube look solid?
22489Does your recollection of the feeling of ice differ from your memory of a burn?
22489Have you a clear impression of the visual elements that determine this distance?
22489How clearly can you see the space that intervenes between your house and some far- distant object?
22489Is it clear to your mind that it is the odor you are recalling and not the taste?
22489Or is your mental picture blurred and doubtful?
22489Try each primary color; which is most distinct to your mind''s eye?
22489When you memorize a poem do you remember just how each word looked on the printed page?
22489[ Sidenote:_ Tests for Imagery of Heat and Cold_] HEAT AND COLD.--Can you imagine a feeling of warmth?
22489[ Sidenote:_ Tests for Imagery of Taste and Touch_] SMELL.--Can you distinctly recall the odor of strong cheese?
22489a cube?
22489a curved surface?
22489a flat surface?
22489a green surface?
22489a rough surface?
22489an apple?
22489an automobile rushing down the street?
22489of a passing street- car?
22489of bedclothes resting upon you?
22489of coffee?
22489of cold?
22489of exhilaration?
22489of pepper?
22489of roses?
22489of salt?
22489of violets?
22489of waves breaking on a rocky shore?
22489of your favorite cigar?
22489the breathing of a sleeping child?
22489the twitter of a bird?