ABSTRACT
THE less the moral self makes a habit of employing volition in looking for the truth in people's statements, the more are they accepted at their face value and the more do they cause reaction to the untruth as well as the truth which they contain. Reason tells us that the only thing about which we need be concerned is truth, but the mind with the undeveloped moral self places far more faith in impression. To the person whose intellect is not employed in discrimination, it matters little about the truth of what is said, as long as the feeling produced is pleasant. By the strong mind, on the other hand, even flattery will be resented as a reflection on one's habits of thought.
