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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 -

President Butler, in his annual opening address to the students and faculty of Columbia University, pointed out that the colleges generally were spending too much time in teaching men to earn a living --- too little time in helping men to learn to live. The many can earn a livelihood; but it takes most men a lifetime, if they acquire it at all, to acquire the fine art of learning to live. President Ferry of Hamilton was quoted last spring in the newspapers as saying that the young men and women of the colleges of today, speaking generally, were interested in truth and service but that they could not achieve faith in a personal living God. Dr. Gordon, of Old South Church, Boston, who delivered the baccalaureate sermon at the Williams College Commencement in 1922, said that it makes no difference how successful a man may be in the calling he has selected for his work, if he cannot make a success of his personal life. The importance of living is attracting the thoughts of men today as never before. Most

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