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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

from which our sins and evils are seen in a light which reveals their good side: evil is still evil, but its existence in an ethical universe is in the long run justified by the experience gained in contact and by contrast with it. Consequently, there most be a general revision of opinions, a reformation both of our terminology and our methods, if we are to understand the social cosmos in the light of its movement towards completion in the eternal whole.

It follows also that since the perfect ideal is conceived in eternity and realised in time, we must take into account the minute stages and detailed conditions of natural evolution. That which arouses impatience and condemnation when viewed by itself, inspires confidence and admiration when beheld in the light of its outcome.

Since the universe is attaining perfection through evolution, and not by an instantaneous process, it must be because a higher standard can be realised than through a sudden leap into relations of entire harmony. Moreover, if absolute perfection were instantly attained, the universe would thereafter be as cold and motionless, as unprogressive as a marble mosaic. The beauty of the Spirit is so great, the ideal of universal organic perfection is so high, that it requires the relative perfection of all these successive moments of eternity to manifest it. The universe seems perfect at any given moment when thus understood. Yet the moment passes and reveals a new beauty, equally great yet different; and the universe shall prove to be perfect in the highest

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