Excerpt from The Harmonium The plan of this book is eclectic, and the title is distinctive of its character. The purpose is, to present in a brief and concise form, instractive, stirring and urgent truths, enunciated by the wisest and best souls, God's noblest men and women, who have striven to incite the mind to a higher order of living. These excerpts have been wrought together according to topics, in order to present them in a homogeneous form. They are designed to accentuate current facts and truths of science, religion, conjugal and social ethics; and to direct the mind to an intelligent observance of natural laws. Truth cannot triumph over error, until there is a general and diffusive knowledge of Law. As the world is full of downcast, melancholy persons, or indifferent, stoical, lukewarm, shipwrecked characters, it seems that this incubus might be removed by a better knowledge of the science of life. Consequently, such selections have been made, as give expression to new ideas concerning true growth - intellectually, morally, spiritually, socially - those which expand the mind and lead to. intellectual progressive prosperity and true spirituality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.