The Fate of Golden Rule

“Do as you would be done by,” i.e. Put yourself in the place of the man towards whom your action is directed. Could you put yourself in the place of the robber and apply the Golden Rule? It is the refusal to continue the struggle for existence. The...

Origin of Needed

During the ages of Evolution, as the nature of man grew from the solitary into the social, his social dependence constantly increased. With this increase of social dependence, increased his fear of the loS3 of social help, until the fear became instinctive. Now it...

What is Heroism ?

Faith in the Invisible, not as real only, but as the only Reality. Time through every meanest moment of it resting on Eternity. If we see into anything and not merely dismiss it with a name, there is wonder for us at every turn. The green flowery rock-built Earth, the...

Sincere Cant

“You do not believe,” said Coleridge, “you only believe that you believe.” * * * * * The spiritual will always body itself forth in the temporal history of men; the spiritual is the beginning of the temporal. * * * * * The merit of originality...

The Open Secret

The divine Idea that lies at the bottom of Appearance; open to all, seen by almost none. World = realized Thought of God. This sacred mystery while others forget it, the prophet or poet knows it, he has been driven to know it, he finds himself living, in it, bound to...