2602. But these are not means of persuading them internally, only means of enticing them. For as soon as they come into a different state in which something opposite or contrary occurs, they at once go back and do not acknowledge-in fact, they harbor hatred. Therefore, in order that acknowledgment and adoration may be inspired in anyone, and indeed inwardly, it must be a voluntary process. Then it becomes an inner conviction, which remains in many a state of mind, for without inner conviction, nothing at all remains, but is changed in each change of state. 1748, 14 July.