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ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES. Vol. II. THE Spiritual Life, By ANNIE BESANT. London: The Theosophical PublishingSociety, 161, New Bond St ...

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CONTENTS. Chapter. Page. I. Spiritual Life for the Man of the World ••• •• ••• ••• I 11. Some Difficultiesof theInner Life•••^29 ...

VUl CONTENTS, Chapter. Page. XII. Man'sQuestforGod 219 XIII. Discipleshlp ••• ••• ... ••• 234 XIV. The Perfect Man^245 XV. The F ...

Spiritual Life for the Man of the World. A Lecture delivered in the City Temple, London, Thursday,October 10th, 1907. (Reprinted ...

2 TheSpiritualLife. outstandingcharacteristicofMrs.Besant'spublic lifeitistheentireabsenceofanytraceeitherof bitterness or intol ...

SpirituftlLifefortheManoftheWorld. 3 remember,Islargelydependent upon theutter- anceofthosewhoseeit and arebraveenough tospeakit ...

4 TheSpiritual Life. theenvironment; itdependsupon the attitude of the man towards life,and I wantIf Ican to-night to point outt ...

SpiritualLifefortheManoftheWorld. 5 life In the world, has been answered in the negative. In every land, in everyreligion, in ev ...

6 The SpiritualLife. His equally,and He should be served onil. (Applause.) Tocallonedaythe Lord's Day is to deny that same lords ...

SpiritualLifefortheManoftheWorld. 7 activity,and wronglyseen when called secular or profane. The merchant in his counting- house ...

8 TheSpiritual Life. house as In the jungle,as easilyfound in the streetof the crowded cityasinthe solitudeof the mountain peak. ...