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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 -

solitude was his lot, and yet he had no solicitude, for he knew that he was in direct contact with truth. In the preface to Things Learned by Living, written toward the end of his life, and published, as stated above, after his death, Dr. Bascom is still sure that there are many truths which he brought to light of which the world is finding or will find the need, though he is by no means certain that these principles will be consciously derived from him. Yet this did not aggrieve him for he was wholly devoid of vanity.

As never before the world needs a vigorous, rational belief. This is not because the thoughts of men are on a lower plane than formerly. Society is advancing, and never more rapidly than today. It is because the world is on the march and not in camp that such a belief is needed to point the way; and because it is needed it will appear. This is a sure deduction from our doctrine of a spiritual evolution. The reputations of men have to wait for a correct appraisal of their lives; but

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