“The links of its logic are riveted very firmly together, and “No Beginning” is simply unanswerable.” This work _demonstrates_ the non-existence of a “first cause” for the material universe, and proves the oneness of God with Nature. It denies supernaturalism in all its forms, and claims that reason alone leads to truth. Nature, it holds, is ever changing in form, but is eternal in substance, and in its entirety constitutes the only absolute. It is believed to be the only book in existence claiming to prove, with the certainty of a mathematical demonstration and along common-sense lines of thought, the negative of the above mentioned old theological premise. In this respect it is at once =a curiosity of literature= and a powerful auxiliary in the cause of rationalism _versus_ superstition. _Its aim is to aid in popularizing a reasonable conception of the universe in place of the old notion of its supernatural origin and control, to the end of lessening superstition and intolerance, and that both politics and ethics may be made to rest on scientific truth instead of pretended supernatural revelations._ It shows how the infallibility of the Pope and other cardinal church doctrines have grown out of the old belief in the “creation” of the universe out of nothing, and incidentally it is made to appear that religious controversy must eventually narrow down to an issue between Rationalism and Catholicism. The closing chapter deals with Herbert Spencer’s argument for an “Unknowable Absolute,” and, to quote the Chicago _Chronicle_, “amounts to a very drastic, indeed, destructive criticism.” =Third Edition: 183 pages, two striking illustrations. In neat cloth binding, 75 cents; in paper binding, 35 cents, postpaid.= =ADDRESS: INGERSOLL BEACON CO., CHICAGO.= ☞ For testimonials, see next two pages. What They Say of “No Beginning.” “Is the strongest book on earth.”—_A correspondent in the Truth Seeker._ “It is a volume that should be in every Freethought library.”—_Freethought Magazine, Chicago._ “As a champion of reason, one of the very strongest essays we have ever read.”—_Boston Ideas._ “One of the most comprehensive and conclusive works on the subject we remember seeing.”—_Truth Seeker, New York._ “I doubt very much whether more thoughts were ever compressed into 183 small pages of print.”—_T. M. Stuart, Attorney._ “It is the most sensible treatise on the question of a first creation ever published and should be taught in the public schools. The book is a credit to the intelligence of the age.”—_Santa Ana, (Cal.) Bulletin._ “The argument is unanswerable.... The book will at once appeal to the reason of every reader, and leave him more amazed than ever at the prevalence of the theory of Creation.”—_The Arena, Boston._