Fear of threat by things: substitute reason, thus—right cause; no cause; cause magnified.
Threat by others: substitute reason, thus—right cause; no cause; cause magnified.
Threat to others: substitute reason, thus—right cause; no cause; cause magnified.
Threat by events: substitute reason, thus—right cause; no cause; cause magnified.
Threat by the future: substitute reason, thus—right cause; no cause; cause magnified.
You are invited to work out the particulars of this analysis, and to examine them with reference to your self and life. You will make some important discoveries. One of the many questions suggested is this: Is the cause of anticipated possible consequences justly estimated in your thought—is it a right cause—is it really as you suppose? The idea is that you think of any one of your fears and then ask the question in the form just indicated. Thus we may have the following statement of
KINDS OF FEARS.
Fear of Self: timidity, lack of confidence, possible unaccountable states.
Fear for Self: weakness, anticipated failure, imagined disgrace.
Fear of Things: animals, inanimate objects, physical forces.