I U-.-*i -~&A ^H < % •F p^ .v.o. <£.'* <ft & ^ ^ * v ^e. "^-o* ; V = v . °4."'..^X 0^l.T«*<*&*O, * J?A <— %%jf^ v :.-:.<:* .# Cr' 1 rP^ «.v.„, <>/''. % .# \. v ,.^ ^ * ^1 % tf* > l^\^ '*%, v **, «&><?:* ^ cS> £ * £" <*> ^x s>* ^ V <>V , <. /*~*ss A^' . „ <*> *-<7Vs* AG <* "< T^A^ ^AO* V Works by James Allen Byways of Blessedness. From Poverty to Power or, The Real- ; isation of Prosperity and Peace. All These Things Added. The Life Triumphant. The Mastery of Destiny. Poems of Peace. As A Man Thinketh. Out from the Heart. . Throughthe Gate of Good or, Christ ; and Conduct. XCbe fllbaster^ of Besting m James alien Butborof 1ffrompover"tyBteojapofwlDeavnf"TT*b*inBfIeletUbb,e"seetcT.EbfngsB©oeot,: 7*&?«#r/#0longergrim, ODestiny! No longerartthoudrearanddarkanddread, Absolutekingandgodarbitrary — Seatedin tragicstateamongthedead Friendly andfairto manIseetheenow, Andlightandbeautyroundthylordly brow. mewJgotfe an©fcoitoon <& IP* Putnam's Sons Ube Iftnicfcerbocfter press Copyright, 1909 BY JAMES ALLEN )Gl,A251 S2 7 PREFACE The discovery ofthe law of Evolution in the material world has prepared men for a knowledge of the law of cause and effect in the mental world. Thought is not less orderly and progressive than the material forms which embody thought and not alone cells and atoms, ; but thoughtsand deeds are chargedwith a cumulative and selective energy. In the realm of thought and deed, the good survives, for it is "fittest"; the evil ultimately perishes. To know that the "perfect law" of Causation is as all- embracing in mind as in matter, is to be relieved from all anxiety concerning — — iv preface the ultimate destiny of individuals and of humanity "For man is man and master of his fate" and the will in man which is con- quering the knowledge of natural law will conquer the knowledge of spirit- ual law; the will which, in ignorance, chooses evil, will, aswisdom evolves and emerges, choose good. In a universe of law, the final mastery of evil by man is assured. His lesser destinies of separa- tion and sorrow, defeat and death, are but disciplinary steps leading to the Great Destiny of triumphal mastery. He himself is unconsciously building, albeit with lacerated hands and labour- bowed form, the Temple of Glory which is to afford him an eternal habitation of peace. In this volume I have tried to set