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AMIDST all the mysteries by which we are
surrounded, nothing is more certain than that
we are in the presence of an Infinite and
Eternal Energy from which all things
proceed.
Herbert Spencer
BEFORE approaching the fundamental principles upon which this
lesson is founded it will be of benefit to you to keep in mind the fact
that it is practical - that it brings you the discoveries of more than
twenty-five years of research-that it has the approval of the leading
scientific men and women of the world who have tested every
principle involved.
Skepticism is the deadly enemy of progress and self-development.
You might as well lay this book aside and stop right here as to
approach this lesson with the feeling that it was written by some longhaired
theorist who had never tested the principles upon which the
lesson is based.
Surely this is no age for the skeptic, because it is an age in which we
have seen more of Nature's laws uncovered and harnessed than had
been discovered in all past history of the human race.
Within three decades we have witnessed the mastery of the
air;
- we have explored the ocean;
- we have all but annihilated distances on the earth;
- we have harnessed the lightning and made it turn the
wheels of
industry;
- we have made seven blades of grass grow where but one
grew
before;
- we have instantaneous communication between the nations
of
the world.
Truly, this is an age of illumination and unfoldment, but
we have as
yet barely scratched the surface of knowledge.
However, when we shall have unlocked the gate that leads
to the secret power which is
stored up within us it will bring us knowledge that will make all past
discoveries pale into oblivion by comparison.
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