til he is surcharged with an
eager and unconquerable benevolence towards everything that lives;
until he has utterly abandoned the presumptuous practice of judging
and condemning--he will never attain real content. "Ah!" you exclaim
again, "he has nothing newer to tell us than that 'the greatest of
these is charity'!" I have not. It may strike you as excessively
funny, but I have discovered nothing newer than that. I merely remind
you of it. Thus it is, twins on the road to Delhi, by continual
meditation upon the indestructibility of Force, that I try to
cultivate calm, and by continual meditation upon the oneness of Force
that I try to cultivate charity, being fully convinced that in
calmness and in charity lies the secret of a placid if not ecstatic
happiness. It is often said that no thinking person can be happy in
this world. My view is that the more a man thinks the more happy he is
likely to be. I have spoken. I am overwhelmingly aware that I have
spoken crudely, abruptly, inadequately, confusedly.
THE END
THE NOVELS OF ARNOLD BENNETT
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED:
Price $1.20 Net
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED is a dramatic presentation of the working of the
English divorce laws. Their injustice to woman has long been
acknowledged; Arnold Bennett proves them almost as unjust to man.
The novel is a stern morality, with laughter interspersed. It
possesses the sincerity and vitality which come of a careful study of
the problem.
It contains passages of the most brilliant motive analysis which have
been written in recent years. It presents a vivid world of actual
personages.
THE GLIMPSE:
_The Adventures of a Soul._ Price $1.20 Net
The story is told of a man who passed over to the Other Side and
remained there long enough to gain a glimpse--only to return again.
Written with the careful realism which distinguishes all Arnold
Bennett's work, it is curious to note the fine use that he makes of
his realistic genius in the handling of a visionary situation.
A MAN FROM THE NORTH:
Price $1.20 Net
The story of a young man from the Five Towns, who comes up London to
seek his fortune. He is grossly ignorant of life and naively curious
about love. This is the history of his adventures towards love and of
his enlightenment.
All the loneliness, passion and quenchless curiosity of youth are in
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