Preface

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   1  may treasure the memorials of a child's growth, and
      she would not have them changed.
   3        The first edition of SCIENCE AND HEALTH was pub-
      lished in 1875. Various books on mental healing have
      since been issued, most of them incorrect in theory
   6 and filled with plagiarisms from SCIENCE AND HEALTH.
     They regard the human mind as a healing agent,
      whereas this mind is not a factor in the Principle of
   9 Christian Science. A few books, however, which are
      based on this book, are useful.
            The author has not compromised conscience to suit
  12 the general drift of thought, but has bluntly and hon-
      estly given the text of Truth. She has made no effort
      to embellish, elaborate, or treat in full detail so in-
  15 finite a theme. By thousands of well-authenticated
      cases of healing, she and her students have proved the
      worth of her teachings. These cases for the most part
  18 have been abandoned as hopeless by regular medical
      attendants. Few invalids will turn to God till all
      physical supports have failed, because there is so little
  21 faith in His disposition and power to heal disease.
            The divine Principle of healing is proved in the
      personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth. Its
  24 purpose is good, and its practice is safer and more po-
      tent than that of any other sanitary method. The un-
      biased Christian thought is soonest touched by Truth,
  27 and convinced of it. Only those quarrel with her
      method who do not understand her meaning, or dis-
      cerning the truth, come not to the light lest their
  30 works be reproved. No intellectual proficiency is req-
      uisite in the learner, but sound morals are most de-
      sirable.

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