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John Bascom Prophet

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Introduction - The Man - The Conflict Between Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dr. Bascom's Time - Dr. Bascom's Contention that Mechanical Evolution is incomplete - Spiritual Evolution and the Modification of Religious Beliefs Resulting from this Conception - Constructive Realism / Science of Mind / "unity of mind and matter" / "the world is the product of God's thought" / The Solution of Philosophical and Religious Problems - Dr. Bascom and Present Thought - Contents -

I have felt for several years that the world was ready for John Bascom. The point of view toward life has changed during my lifetime. When I began work the thing emphasized was success in the chosen calling, but now we have come to see that it does not so much concern us how great a success a man makes of his work unless he can also make a success of his personal life. This advanced outlook on life has reawakened in men a quickened interest in the nature of the spirit of the world and the relation of the individual to it. Society does not move forward at a regular pace or in one direction, and the accelerating movement taking place today is generally recognized. The war is often assigned as the cause, but the war is very much more a result than the cause of social changes. Prussianism stood in the way of progress and had to go. The widespread interest in religious belief today, and the progress being made toward a better statement of faith are indicated by the lament that is going up from some theologians,

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