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Final Edition authorized by Mary Baker Eddy.

  	    By conceding power to discord, a large majority of
 6	doctors depress mental energy, which is the only real
  	recuperative power. Knowledge that we	                                    Recuperation
  	can accomplish the good we hope for, stimu-	                            mental 
 9	lates the system to act in the direction which Mind points
  	out. The admission that any bodily condition is beyond
  	the control of Mind disarms man, prevents him from
12	helping himself, and enthrones matter through error. To
  	those struggling with sickness, such admissions are dis-
  	couraging, — as much so as would be the advice to a man
15	who is down in the world, that he should not try to rise
  	above his difficulties. 
  	    Experience has proved to the author the fallacy of
18	material systems in general, — that their theories are
  	sometimes pernicious, and that their denials are better
  	than their affirmations. Will you bid a man let evils
21	overcome him, assuring him that all misfortunes are from
  	God, against whom mortals should not contend? Will
  	you tell the sick that their condition is hopeless, unless it
24	can be aided by a drug or climate? Are material means
  	the only refuge from fatal chances? Is there no divine
  	permission to conquer discord of every kind with harmony,
27	with Truth and Love?