A DEFINITE CHIEF AIM 135It may be well to bear this principle in mind as you study the
law of the Master Mind described in these lessons. This law embodies
an entirely new principle of mind operation, and, for this reason alone,
it will be difficult for you to accept it as sound until after you have
experimented with it.
When the fact is considered, however, that the law of the Master
Mind is believed to be the real basis of most of the achievements of
those who are considered geniuses, this law takes on an aspect which
calls for more than snap-judgment opinions.
It is believed by many scientists, whose opinions on the subject have
been passed on to me, that the law of the Master Mind is the basis of
practically all of the more important achievements resulting from group
or cooperative effort.
The late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell said he believed that the law
of the Master Mind, as it has been described in this philosophy, was not
only sound, but that all the higher institutions of learning would soon
be teaching that law as a part of their courses in psychology.
Charles P. Steinmetz said that he had experimented with the law and
had arrived at the same conclusion as that stated in these lessons, long
before he talked to me about the subject.
Luther Burbank and John Burroughs made similar statements.
Edison was never questioned on the subject, but other statements of
his indicate that he would endorse the law as being a possibility, if not
in fact a reality.
Dr. Elmer Gates also endorsed the law, when I spoke with him some
years ago. Dr. Gates is a scientist of the highest order, ranking along with
Steinmetz, Edison, and Bell.
I have spoken with scores of intelligent businessmen who, while they
were not scientists, admitted they believed in the soundness of the law
of the Master Mind. It is hardly excusable, therefore, for those of less
ability to judge such matters, to form opinions as to this law, without
serious, systematic investigation.