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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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