Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance
MAN
King of Mind, Body, and
Circumstance
by
JAMES ALLEN
AUTHOR OF “As a Man Thinketh,”
“From Passion to Peace,” &c.
New York
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
Published April, 1911
COMPOSITION AND ELECTROTYPE PLATES BY
D. B. UPDIKE, THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS, BOSTON
Man: King of Mind, Body
and Circumstance
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The primal forces burn and brood,
Awaiting wisdom’s guidance; lo!
All their material is good:
Evil subsists in their abuse;
Good, in their wise and lawful use.
Foreword
The problem of life consists in learning how to live. It is like the problem of addition or subtraction to the school-boy. When mastered, all difficulty disappears, and the problem has vanished. All the problems of life, whether they be social, political, or religious, subsist in ignorance and wrong-living. As they are solved in the heart of each individual, they will be solved in the mass of men. Humanity at present is in the painful stage of “learning.” It is confronted with the difficulties of its own ignorance. As men learn to live rightly, learn to direct their forces and use their functions and faculties by the light of wisdom, the sum of life will be correctly done, and its mastery will put an end to all the “problems of evil.” To the wise, all such problems have ceased.
- Bryngoleu
- Ilfracombe, England
Contents
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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