No one can know what it is to appreciate life at its best until he has ceased to have any suspicion of dread of death. No one can realize the keenest enjoyment of life until he has grown to _feel_--_appreciate_--that this life is an important stage of an evolutionary process, in which the dawning of spiritual possibilities opens up the realm of divine existence to him, and introduces to his consciousness that _appreciation of God which gives birth to love, growth and happiness_. When fearthought is entirely eradicated from the mind by the elimination of the basic fear--the fear of death--man begins to _feel_ the responsibility of growing his best, of ripening in natural manner, and of dropping into the lap of Mother Earth only when he has instilled into himself the richest and sweetest juices of an appreciative and altruistic life. _Fear not Death if you would know and love life._ * * * * * Mother-thought is the strongest of all thought. Voluntary motherhood is the bravest of all acts common in life. Whoever teaches a child to be fearless, builds greater than she can ever know, for fearlessness in one inspires courage in many; and as courage inspires strength and causes action, there is no end to what may grow out of the fearless influence of the frailest and physically weakest of women, and any young mother, in the quiet and seclusion of a modest home, can set in motion vibrations of strength and fearlessness that may result in the building of a great city or the invention of some world-emancipating tool of progress. All great accomplishments can be traced back to mother-influence. Mother-muscle may be wanting, but mother-thought rules the world. Mother-thought is always brave-thought in _one_ emergency, and therefore _can be strong in all_ emergencies. Mother-thought rules the world. _Mother-thought blesses life._ * * * * * All water is pure water. It is impurities within water that muddy it. All men are innately good. It is the presence of false impressions, the result of false suggestions, that makes men selfish and bad. There is no impurity in water that cannot be removed by some means within the reach of chemistry, and there is likewise no bad suggestion impressed on a sane human mind that cannot be counteracted by some right and good suggestion. In your judgment of men, judge the sum of their opportunities and the quality of their environing atmosphere, and not the individuals themselves. It will aid you to a more just appreciation of the possible goodness of your neighbors, and greatly help to conserve your own happiness, through the diffusion of the warm blood of charitable impulse. _Mould conditions aright, and men will grow good to fit them._ * * * * * The perfect man is the harmonious man. The perfection of anything is dependent upon the perfection of all its parts.