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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

own powers on such days. It is for the time being an instrument of the creative genius, and all else is secondary to the act of transformation from spirit to form, from fragmentary ideas and facts to inductive result.

Nevertheless, there are times when the best way to clarify one's ideas for literary purposes is to express them to another in conversation, for in this way one discovers the treasured resources of creative subconsciousness. As man is a social being, his powers work to their full when with his fellows, or at least when preparing to address or help his fellows. One interview or discussion with an interested listener will oftentimes furnish material for an entire essay or chapter. Oftentimes one does not know what to believe on a certain subject until asked to state one's views. Then the slumbering subconscious becomes conscious, and one is surprised to find the mind in possession of a well matured doctrine.

One should make at least an abstract of the discussion immediately afterward. Strike while the iron is hot. Write while you are most interested. And write at a heat, no to speak. That is, write first to express the thought, then criticise the English at your leisure. Have pencil and paper always with you, that no important idea may escape. Make note of an idea, even if it be but a single sentence. The chances are that this sentence will suggest another, and that a third, until you have produced several paragraphs.

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