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9 8 MY LIFE 



fied so as to afford the required impulse and the amount of 

 time for me to write them. 



Of course, such a suggestion as this will seem foolishness 

 or something worse to most of my readers ; but for those 

 who are imbued with the teachings of modern spiritualism, 

 and to others who vaguely believe in spiritual guidance on 

 general religious grounds, such forms of what used to be 

 termed special providence will not be wholly rejected. 



