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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

character, pure, strong, and true. And this ideal must never be lost sight of; we must never forget that we are primarily dealing with souls.

"Man, whatever else he may be says Professor James, in his admirable book, Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on some of Life's Ideals,¹ is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life." Taking account, then, of the fact that " conduct is three fourths of life," man's spiritual education must aim first of all at the production of men and women of action, those who, instead of leading a life of good intentions, show by what they do that they really believe in the Spirit. For our ideal is not the production of dreamers, vague theorisers, and visionary skeletons. It means that man shall not be less but more practical than the commonsense men of affairs of our time. It means the elevation of conduct to its true place,—that is, it must spring from the highest centre within.

For it is clear that education is incomplete unless it enables a man to meet all the practical demands of life. Education means not merely self-expression, but self-knowledge, and the progressive application of this knowledge to conduct. The educated man is the man of resources, and we propose to add to these. The educated man is he whose trained mind, his ready perceptions, and his repose, enable him to adapt himself to any situation in life, whether in relation to nature, to society, or

(1) New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1899.

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