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And if it is beneficial thus to brujg 

 our ills under the influence of Nature, 

 how much more beneficial still is it to 

 bring them under the influence of our 

 fellows! What unworthy thought can 

 flourish in the presence of a good man. 

 or what ignoble motive survive the 

 grace of a good woman? How shall 

 we maintain our petty envies and de- 

 ceits in the face of little children, or 

 keep our selfishness alive amid the 

 sweet influences of comradeship and 

 family love? "Where is there is cruel 

 passion or secret sin which is strong 

 enough to resist the wholesome im- 

 pulses of the crowd? What we need, 

 if we would keep our souls free of all 

 unhealthiness, is simply the open air— 

 the open air of rubbing elbows, clasp- 

 ing hands, making friends, knowing- 

 people, "going with the multitudes" — 

 above all, of seeking the near com- 

 panionship, if possible, and the dis- 



tant influence, if nothing better, of men 

 and women who are stronger, braver, 

 purer than ourselves! To know men, 

 to love men, to work with men, to live 

 with men — to know the grace of 

 brotherhood and the joy of fellowship 

 — this is the first law of the spirit. 



Out in the open, therefore ! Away 

 from solitudes and silences — from win- 

 dows closed and doors barred against 

 the world! And lo ! it shall be seen 

 that strength and beauty are the sanc- 

 tuary of the soul as well as of the 

 bod}'. 



John Haynes Holmes. 

 Church of the Messiah, New York city. 



Right action is the final purpose of 

 science, and in like fashion and in the 

 same degree the acquisition of truth is 

 the crowning glory of human en- 

 deavor. — David Starr Jordan in "The 

 Stability of Truth." 



"CRADLED EY TANKS EMBOSSED WITH STARRY FLOWERS. 

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