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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

before they are submitted to a printer. A manuscript should be put into its final form before it is set in type; for typographical changes are not only expensive, but mar the beauty of a composition.

Do not write primarily for money if you would do your best work. Money will come if you have really said something. If you have not, you do not want it. Do not hasten into print. Wait as long as you can. Keep out of fiction if possible. It is said that every writer thinks he can write a novel, but many cannot.

If you have planned a book, let the plan subconsciously season. If you have written one, lay it aside and note the result. Do not repeat in a second book what you said in the first. It will lack inspiration. Let each book stand on its own feet, as if you had not produced another. Do not lean on the reputation earned by your most popular book. Quote seldom. Give credit for borrowed ideas.

I have drawn my illustrations chiefly from the art of literary production. But so far as the above principles are true they apply, with adaptation, to all arts. All who manifest the Spirit may become artists if they will. It is almost as essential to finish a literary phrase rhythmically as to take time to complete a musical phrase. Discordant word phrases are less noticeable perhaps, but they are as quickly detected by an expert as discord in music. The great singer cherishes her voice as a divine gift. So should all art be grounded in the Spirit, taking its cue in minutest detail from that inner guidance which is the choicest possession of the soul.

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