GR mentions Dale Carnegie p78 or 79 Penguin ed 2006)

[Edward A Moore]

"When it had changed as far as German bombs falling on England,
Brigadier Pudding gave up his obsession and again volunteered
his services to his country.

Had he known at the time it would mean “The White Visitation” . . .
not that he'd expected a combat assignment you know,
but wasn't there something mentioned about intelligence work?

Instead he found a disused hospital for the mad,
a few token lunatics,
an enormous pack of stolen dogs,
cliques of spiritualists,
vaudeville entertainers,
wireless technicians,
Couéists,
Ouspenskians,
Skinnerites,
lobotomy enthusiasts,
Dale Carnegie zealots,

all exiled by the outbreak of war from pet schemes and manias damned,
had the peace prolonged itself, to differing degrees of failure
—but their hopes now focusing on Brigadier Pudding and possibilities
for funding: more hope than Prewar, that underdeveloped province, ever offered."


ed

Emile Coue makes me chuckle ("Every day in every way I am getting
better and better")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Coué

I also like the mention of "willpower" in the wiki article relating to
divided self