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the great truths of rehgion shall receive their new 

 expression in terms of modern scientific thought, 

 when morality is given its scientific foundation in 

 the highest self-interest of the individual and the 

 nation, when it is realized that the central principle 

 of religion is the same as that of biological and 

 social evolution — the principle of the "life more 

 abundant" for the individual — then the blight of 

 materialism which has darkened the past half- 

 century of human history will disappear. Religion 

 will become again a vitalizing power in human life. 

 Idealism and creative art will reappear with a new 

 confidence, and the way will be open for the re- 

 demption and reconstruction of human society 

 upon the great principles of humanity and justice. 



