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But I went back again and bent over my paper, concentrating on the picture of war which I was trying to set down so that the world might see and understand, until once again, ten minutes later or so, my will-power would weaken and the little devil of fear would creep up to my heart and I would go uneasily to the door again to listen.
Faith or confident expectation clears away the mental path and renders the work easier, while doubt or lack of faith retards the work, and acts as obstacles and stumbling blocks. Strong Desire, and Faith, or confident expectation are the first two steps. The third is Will-power.
"In no respect," writes Doctor Oppenheim, "can a man show a finer quality of will-power than in his own private, intimate life." We are all subjected to certain temptations. The Will decides whether we will be just, or unjust; pure of thought; charitable in opinion; forbearing in overlooking other's shortcomings; whether we live up to our highest standard.
I was one of those who up to the last moment enjoyed the good-byes, the hand-shakings, the plans about the return, and the farewell kisses, and when it was all over flung themselves sobbing on their beds. For the next three days I was in utter despair, weeping bitter tears, tears that scalded my cheeks. Then I began to get calm again; my will-power triumphed over my grief.
How many fights did you have this term, before you got ill?" "Only one." It was clear from the boy's downcast eyes that he had been beaten in his fight. "That's bad. That's disobeying my orders. Didn't I tell you to fight every boy in the school until they acknowledged you master?" "I'm not strong enough." "You must make yourself strong enough. It's not a question of muscle, but will-power.
Even the critic accustomed to ascribe to Roosevelt egotism and love of gallery applause must concede the courage, will-power, and self-forgetfulness disclosed by the incident. The election was a debacle for reaction, a victory for Democracy, a triumph in defeat for the Progressive party.
But her will-power seemed to have spent itself in a last great effort, and she was lost in the blank reaction which follows on an unwonted expenditure of energy. And besides, what was there to go home to? Nothing but the silence of her cheerless room that silence of the night which may be more racking to tired nerves than the most discordant noises: that, and the bottle of chloral by her bed.
"My dear boy, they haven't got the genius of organization. It takes a very masculine man for that a man who combines the most subtle and refined sympathies with the most forceful purposes and the most ferruginous will-power. Which his name is Angus Beaton, and here he sets!" The others laughed with Fulkerson at his gross burlesque of flattery, and Becton frowned sheepishly.
"You drink two hot Scotches every night?" "Yes." "Very well, there you see what I have to contend against. We can't make progress the way the matter stands. You must make a reduction in these things; you must cut down your consumption of them considerably for some days." "I can't, doctor." "Why can't you." "I lack the will-power. I can cut them off entirely, but I can't merely moderate them."
With some, this course ends in suicide, but it only cost Gerfaut a portion of his slender patrimony; he bore this loss like a man who feels that he is strong enough to repair it. When his plans were once made, he followed them up with indefatigable perseverance, and became a striking example of the irresistible power of intelligence united to will-power.
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