THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PERSONAL MAGNETISM/ PRELIMINARY GREETING
PRELIMINARY GREETING
I take pleasure in presenting to many
American students who will acquire possession of copies of this book, these
practical lessons on the art and science of Personal Magnetism. These chapters
contain the gist of the lessons taught by me, in classes, and to individuals,
in my courses of personal instruction conducted by me, here in Paris, for the
past eighteen years.
In my personal class work, of course, I
adapt the instruction to the special requirements of my individual students,
which I cannot do in the case of general lessons in printed form. But,
notwithstanding this, I feel that I have condensed into these pages the essence
of my methods, and principles of practice, so that any student of average
intelligence may readily grasp, assimilate, and apply the same with success, at
least, I feel that if the student does not accomplish this, it will be his or
her own fault, not that of myself.
In introducing this book, I wish to
express my obligations to Mr. L. N. D., an American student of mine, here in
Paris, who has kindly transformed my rather stilted “guidebook English” into
the plain, simple form desirable for a book designed for the general public. I
feel particularly indebted to him for supplying the idiomatic, American “man on
the street” terms, thus reproducing the conversational style which I use in all
my lessons in French, but which my “book English” rendered impossible in this
case without the kindly assistance of this worthy gentleman.
With hand on heart, I send to my new
American audience the sincere regards, and most earnest wishes for success, of
Their solicitous teacher,
Theron Q. Dumont -- Paris, France,
August 26, 1913
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