“I told him and then talked to him for four hours and he said it was the best thing that had ever happened to me.”  Another letter, this time from Honolulu and from a man who attended the Institute a number of years ago, says: 

“Just to let you know that I am still alive and enjoying life as I never have before.  I have forgotten that I ever stammered.  Sincere thanks to you.”

This young man is now an engineer in the employ of the United Shipping Board.

These letters give the answer better than I can—­better than any scientist can because they tell the real truth taken from the experience of those who have tried and know—­

First—­That stammering can be cured by the Bogue Unit Method!

Second—­That the cure is a permanent cure!

CHAPTER V

A PRICELESS GIFT—­AN EVERLASTING INVESTMENT

There is no gift that can take the place of perfect speech.  It is beyond price—­and the person who talks after stammering would give all his possessions to keep from going back again to stammering.

But Freedom-of-Speech is more than a priceless gift—­it is a wonderful investment.  Should you ask:  “Does it pay to be cured of stammering?” the answer could be nothing but “Yes”—­and there is evidence aplenty to prove it.

One young man writes: 

“I have never enjoyed life as I have since I left the Institute, both in a business and social way.  I am to get a 25% increase in my salary the first of the month, which is at least partially due to my wonderful perfection of speech.”

Does it pay—?  Does a 25 per cent. increase in salary pay?  Here is the case of a young woman who was about to lose her position because of her imperfection in speech—­yet when she returned home after being cured at the Institute, she wrote: 

“I was very much surprised when I went down to the office yesterday to find that I was going to get my place back again.  This evening, Mr.—­told me that I was to get a 33 1/3% raise at the end of next week, so my stay with you has already begun to pay dividends.”

Freedom-from-Stammering pays—­in dollars and cents.  On a cold business basis, it is one of the best investments to be made.  One man who attended here a few years ago was a fireman in a large factory, stoking boilers all day long.  Today he is salesman—­and the head salesman at that—­for the same firm—­he makes as much as the President of the firm.  He works on commission—­and he knows how to talk so as to sell.

Another man was section foreman when he took his course at the Bogue Institute.  Today he is manager of one of a great chain of big retail stores and makes more in one day than he used to make in two weeks.

Another case is that of a young man from New York State, who gave up his position to come to the Bogue Institute and be free from stammering.  Six weeks later he went home.  Like the other young man mentioned above, he met with a success—­surprise—­he was re-employed by his old employers—­and he, too, was given a 25 per cent. increase in salary.