ABSTRACT
Thinking is strictly an intellectual matter and in no senses a moral one. Its value depends wholly upon the accuracy of the process. The starting-point from which the thinking proceeds is itself a matter of experience and interpretation. The mental attitude is often the deciding factor in thinking. There are those who revel riotously in the obscure. They want to believe in "new thought," "metaphysical healing," clairvoyance, second sight, animal magnetism and so they readily find evidence. The recognition of trouble, however, either in something that we are trying to do or in finding the explanation of a problem is only the incentive to thinking. The wise man, however, suspends judgment, delays acting on suggestions, until the cause of the trouble has been located. There are two classes of discerning men, each important and effective in his way; those who originate and those who, though unable to initiate in any large degree, are yet appreciative of the inventions of others.
