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influenced persons in your circle.

Experiment No. z. Call one of the three forward, and standing him with his back to the circle, tell him again to look you straight in the eye and under no circumstances to remove his gaze from yours. Now stretch your hands out towards him, palms upward and tell him to grasp your hands tightly; as tightly as he possibly can. At the same time bend your head forward a little until it is within six inches of his own.

THE CLASPED HANDS TEST. Now, looking at him in silence for ten seconds, say very positively and slowly, "You cannot unclasp your hands. You cannot take them away from mine. They are fastened to mine and you cannot move them. You will find the muscles are rigid. Try to take them away. You cannot." By the influence of your gaze, which, being directed fully upon him, prevents him from exercising his reason to the fullest extent, you will find that his mind is receptive only to the idea which you have impressed upon it, viz., that his hands are indeed rigid and that he has lost the power to move them.

EFFECT OF REstsTANcE. Immediately there will be in him a resistance to the suggestion which will first take shape in an endeavor on his part to remove his gaze from yours. Should his eyes waver in the slightest, say quickly, "All right, now you can move them. The muscles are relaxed." He will feel perhaps a little foolish at the close of this experiment and will say, "Why, I could have moved them if I had tried to," and it is your policy here to fully agree with him, assuring him, how-ever, that because of his concentration upon your words it was impossible for him to unclasp his hands as long as he was giving you his whole attention.

DEEPENING THE IMPRESSION. In order to impress him still further and at the same time to make plain to your audience that this effect is not brought about by any trick, you should repeat the experiment with him, saying, "Now we will try that once more, and this time you will find that the closer the attention you give to my words, the more impossible it will

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