History has shown, that in every step man has taken upward to a higher plane of mental activity and ideality, he has taken each one by the overcoming of certain environments and by the freeing himself from some early beliefs which a broadening intelligence discovered to be fallacious. In advancing he has, however, always carried with him certain dogmas of error in spite of the fact that others which had formerly fettered him were thrown aside. Having made the intellectual advance, more light gradually came; and, with the mental horizon widened by years of thoughtful observation, another and another step has been taken. At each advance some errors have been dropped, while some were still retained and carried forward. As I follow the ascent of man toward complete mental freedom, I can see most clearly that he has forged his own fetters, and that he alone is responsible for his slow growth.

The dawning of the new century is marked as a thought-period in history. Representative man is doing his own thinking. He has advanced to a point where his consciousness has awakened to a conception of his possibilities. Step by step he has progressed through the ages; now, at one leap or bound, he links himself to Infinity and claims the realization of his hopes and ideals as his birthright. He demands if Infinity holds secrets that they shall be disclosed to him; because he is one with infinite life.

Knowing this plane is attainable in the present age, and believing thousands and thousands are now approaching it, I present this volume, pointing out the mental paths I have traversed and which led me to recognize man's heritage of power opening into his limitless possibilities.

Floyd B. Wilson.

New York, 1905.

I know I have the right to draw from the universal all I would to fulfill any upward, noble longing of my soul; and I know I shall receive, if I harmonize myself with the throbbing vibrations of infinite force. That harmonizing, however, is my task, my responsibility, and my joy.