While attention is no doubt partly a natural gift, yet there is probably

no power of the mind more susceptible to training than is attention
While attention is no doubt partly a natural gift, yet there is probably
no power of the mind more susceptible to training than is attention. And
with attention, as with every other power of body and mind, the secret
of its development lies in its use. Stated briefly, the only way to
train attention is by attending. No amount of theorizing or resolving
can take the place of practice in the actual process of attending.

There are two allusions to smallpox in 'Don Juan,' which was

published in 1819, showing to what an extent Jennerian
teachings were in the air
There are two allusions to smallpox in 'Don Juan,' which was
published in 1819, showing to what an extent Jennerian
teachings were in the air. The first is:

Thus feeling, from the faintest and simplest feeling of interest, the

various ranges of pleasures and pain, the sentiments which underlie all
our lives, and so on to the mighty emotions which grip our lives with an
overpowering strength, constitutes a large part of the motive power
which is constantly urging us on to do and dare
Thus feeling, from the faintest and simplest feeling of interest, the
various ranges of pleasures and pain, the sentiments which underlie all
our lives, and so on to the mighty emotions which grip our lives with an
overpowering strength, constitutes a large part of the motive power
which is constantly urging us on to do and dare. Hence it is important
from this standpoint, also, that we should have the right type of
feelings and emotions well developed, and the undesirable ones
eliminated.