We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From graven stone and written scroll, From all the flower-fields of the soul:  And, weary seekers of the best, We come back laden from our quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the BOOK our mother read. Whittier.

     O earth that blooms and birds that sing,
       O stars that shine when all is dark! 
     In type and symbol thou dost bring
       The Life Divine, and bid us hark,
     That we may catch the chant sublime,
     And, rising, pass the bounds of time;
     So shall we win the goal divine,
       Our immortality.
     Carrol Norton.

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Miracle of Right Thought
Optimistic Life
Peace, Power, and Plenty
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Self-Investment
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Victorious Attitude
Woman and the Home
Young Man Entering Business

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I Had a Friend
Why Grow Old? 
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