It is here that we find the value of the maxim "Nature unaided fails". The more we consider this maxim and the principle of Unity and Continuity, the clearer it will become that Limitation is no part of the Law itself but results only from our own limited comprehension of it, and that St James uses no meaningless phrase but is stating a logical and scientific truth when he speaks of "The perfect Law of Liberty" (Jas. 1:25). What we have to do is to follow this up, not by petulant self-assertion but by quietly considering the why and wherefore of the whole thing. In doing so, we can fortify ourselves with another maxim, that "Principle is not limited by Precedent".

When we spread the wings of Thought and speculate as to future possibilities, our conventionally minded friends may say we are talking bosh; but if you ask them why they say so, they can only reply that the past experience of the whole human race is against you. They do not speak like this in the matter of flying-machines or carriages that go without horses; they say these are scientific discoveries. But when it comes to the possibilities of our own souls, they at once set a limit to the expansion of ideas and do not see