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CHAPTER XIII. 



Recapitulation. 



HE theory we have here advanced 

 may naturally seem startling; for 

 what could be more foreign to common 

 conceptions than the assertion that sci- 

 ence today gives us full evidence of a 

 death and a resurrection that com- 

 mence during our life in time? Con- 

 sidering this, it may be appropriate 

 to recapitulate the salient points in our 

 line of thought. 



From prehistoric times up to our oAvn 

 days all people at all stages of evolu- 

 tion have to a man been convinced that 

 the body in some way and in some form 

 contains an imperishable and essential 

 part which man cannot do without in 

 a future life. With this intuitive and 

 purely instinctive faith as a basis, the 

 steps in the following historical evolu- 



