teachings of Tom Paine.” He does not hesitate to point out, however, that “all the physiological mechanisms exploited by Pavlov in his animal experiments . . . seem to have been exploited by [Jonathan] Edwards or his successors in their Calvinist missionary campaigns.” Nor does he neglect to bring to mind the identity of Charles G. Finney’s advice to his fellow-revivalists with one of the main points in the technique employed by the GPU to secure “confessions” from dissident Communists.
“Take pains to learn the state of his mind . . .” says Dr. Finney—“what he feels most deeply upon—and then press that thoroughly; and do not divert his mind by talking about anything else. Do not fear to press that point for fear of driving him to distraction. Some people fear to press a point to which the mind is tremblingly alive lest they should injure the mind. . . .” Just go to it!
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