Preface

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   1        She also began to jot down her thoughts on the
      main subject, but these jottings were only infantile
   3  lispings of Truth. A child drinks in the outward world
      through the eyes and rejoices in the draught. He is
      as sure of the world's existence as he is of his own; yet
   6  he cannot describe the world. He finds a few words,
      and with these he stammeringly attempts to convey his
      feeling. Later, the tongue voices the more definite
   9   thought, though still imperfectly.
            So was it with the author. As a certain poet says of
      himself, she "lisped in numbers, for the numbers
  12 came." Certain essays written at that early date are
      still in circulation among her first pupils; but they are
      feeble attempts to state the Principle and practice of
  15 Christian healing, and are not complete nor satisfac-
      tory expositions of Truth. To-day, though rejoicing
      in some progress, she still finds herself a willing dis-
  18 ciple at the heavenly gate, waiting for the Mind of
      Christ.
            Her first pamphlet on Christian Science was copy-
  21  righted in 1870; but it did not appear in print until
      1876, as she had learned that this Science must be
      demonstrated by healing, before a work on the subject
  24 could be profitably studied. From 1867 until 1875,
      copies were, however, in friendly circulation.
            Before writing this work, SCIENCE AND HEALTH, she
  27 made copious notes of Scriptural exposition, which
      have never been published. This was during the years
     1867 and 1868. These efforts show her comparative
  30 ignorance of the stupendous Life-problem up to that
      time, and the degrees by which she came at length
      to its solution; but she values them as a parent

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