INTRODUCTION Iv 



"mutual aid." We are toiling together, all of us, 

 in the Interests of the Greater Good: a union of all 

 who love in the service of all who suffer. The radiance 

 never has been lost: it simply has not been found for 

 many of us. To find it is the quest of science and re- 

 ligion, and of philosophy also. And the papers which 

 follow have this object in mind. They were not writ- 

 ten to entertain, and entertain only. But each of them, 

 read thoughtfully, will do more for readers than fic- 

 tion, however thrilling, can ever do, for they delve 

 deep into the riches of living truth. 



Scientific investigation is earnest. Prophets of 

 gloom are not wanting who speak and write as those 

 without hope, faith or joy: sometimes it seems almost 

 without intelligence. Mr. Mencken speaks sadly of 

 those scientists who still keep their reverence and re, 

 spect for religion. He Includes In that list, of course, 

 not only about all the leading scientific men of the 

 present, but Sir Isaac Newton, Faraday, Clerk-Max- 

 well, Agassiz, Pasteur, research-workers whose awe 

 and reverence before cosmic law and order were never 

 questioned. The fact Is rather significant that while 

 God is disappearing among certain glib, jaunty writers 

 with the naturalistic tinge, he Is reappearing in the sci- 

 entific mind a far more convincing, majestic reality than 

 ever In the history of human thinking. 



With the coming of hope and revelation on the part 

 of twentieth century science, we are witnessing the 

 passing of life viewed as an experience of cynicism, de- 

 spair and tragedy, outlined, cleverly enough. In a cer- 

 tain recent literature. Much modern literature, and 

 art also. Is unreal. It Is not familiar with current 

 events and conclusions, nor with human nature, either. 



