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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

somewhat to them. Therefore the relation between God and these organisms is similar to the relationship between the minor and major parts of an organism, although indescribably greater, infinitely more complex than the relations of any organism commonly known to man, and only figuratively typified by this imperfect illustration.

Let us, therefore, start with the proposition that nature contributes her share, that man is a necessary factor, and that Spirit or God is the essential life and source whose being is thus perfectly manifested. Spirit would not be "fair and good" alone. Nature could not exist by itself. Human life would be impossible without both nature and Spirit. All these constitute one universe only by being relatively, organically distinct. Therefore, man and God and nature are to be understood only in the light of their organic mutuality and relationship, as parts of a universal whole which perpetually seeks absolute perfection through infinite variety.

Thus considered, the organic whole is to be understood only through perfect comprehension of the varying relationships of all the parts. Each detail in the life of man or nature is related to the history of all the other parts within the divine whole. Each part is individually defective yet widely contributory, perfect only through the perfection of the whole. It contributes and is contributed to. It is dependent, and it sustains the dependent. Without it the perfect whole could not be, yet it is relatively of little consequence. Just as the universal whole would

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