Excerpt from Papers on Human Culture His possessions and of fitting him to use these for the growth, renewal, and perfection of his Spirit. It is the art of completing a man. It includes all those influences, and disciplines, by which his faculties are unfolded and perfected. It is that agency which takes the helpless and pleading Infant from the hands of its Creator; and, apprehending its nature, tempts it forth - now by austere, and kindly influences and disciplines and thus moulds it at last into th of a Perfect Man armed at all points, to y, Nature, and Life, for it's growth and renewal, and to hold dominion over the fluctuating things of the Outward. It seelrs to realize in the Soul the Image of the Creator. - Its end is-a perfect man. Its aim, through every stage of influence and discl pline, is self-renewal. The body, mture, and life are its instruments and materials. Jesus is its worthiest Ideal. Christianity its purest Organ. The Gospels its fullest text-book. Genius its Inspiration. Holi ness its Law. Temperance its Discipline. Immor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.