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1、THEDORELECTURESONMENTALSCIENCETHEDORELECTURESONMENTALSCIENCEbyThomasTroward1THEDORELECTURESONMENTALSCIENCEENTERINGINTOTHESPIRITOFITINDIVIDUALITYTHENEWTHOUGHTANDTHENEWORDERTHELIPSOFTHESPIRITALPHAANDOMEGATHECREATIVEPOWEROFTHOUGHTTHEGREATAFFIRMATIVECHRISTTHEFULFILLING
2、OFTHELAWTHESTORYOFEDENTHEWORSHIPOFISHITHESHEPHERDANDTHESTONESALVATIONISOFTHEJEWSFOREWORD.TheaddressescontainedinthisvolumeweredeliveredbymeattheDoreGallery,BondStreet,London,ontheSundaysofthefirstthreemonthsofthepresentyear,andarenowpublishedatthekindrequestofmanyo
3、fmyhearers,hencetheirtitleof"TheDoreLectures."Anumberofseparatediscoursesonavarietyofsubjectsnecessarilylaboursunderthedisadvantageofwantofcontinuity,andalsounderthatofaliabilitytothefrequentrepetitionofsimilarideasandexpressions,andthereaderwill,Itrust,pardonthese
4、defectsasinherentinthecircumstancesofthework.Atthesametimeitwillbefoundthat,althoughnotspeciallysodesigned,thereisacertainprogressivedevelopmentofthoughtthroughthedozenlectureswhichcomposethisvolume,thereasonforwhichisthattheyallaimatexpressingthesamefundamentalide
5、a,namelythat,thoughthelawsoftheuniversecanneverbebroken,theycanbemadetoworkunderspecialconditionswhichwillproduceresultsthatcouldnotbeproducedundertheconditionsspontaneouslyprovidedbynature.Thisisasimplescientificprincipleanditshowsustheplacewhichisoccupiedbytheper
6、sonalfactor,that,namely,ofanintelligencewhichseesbeyondthepresentlimitedmanifestationoftheLawintoitsrealessence,andwhichthusconstitutestheinstru-mentalitybywhichtheinfinitepossibilitiesoftheLawcanbeevokedintoformsofpower,usefulness,andbeauty.Themoreperfect,therefor
7、e,theworkingofthepersonalfactor,thegreaterwillbetheresultsdevelopedfromtheUniversalLaw;andhenceourlinesofstudyshouldbetwo-fold--ontheonehandthetheoreticalstudyoftheactionofUniversalLaw,andontheotherthepracticalfittingofourselvestomakeuseofit;andifthepresentvolumesh
8、ouldassistanyreaderinthistwo-foldquest,itwillhaveanswereditspurpose.2THEDORELECTURESONMENTALSCIENCEThedifferentsubjectshavenecessarilybeentreated
