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Henry Frederick Cope. Levels of Living
Levels of Living
Table of Contents
I
THE REAL AND THE IDEAL
THE BREAD OF LIFE
LIFE'S UNVARYING VALUES
II
II. MOKE THAN A FIGHTING CHANCE
THE UNSEEN HAND
THE ONE IN THE MIDST
III
III. SELF AND SERVICE
MY SOUL OR MY SERVICE
THE SATISFACTION OF SERVICE
IV
IV. THE POWER OF HAPPINESS
THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS
THE FOLLY OF ANXIETY
V
V. THE GREAT SCHOOL
THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE
THE PRICE OF PERFECTION
VI
VI. THE SUFFICIENT SIGN
BEHOLD THE MAN
THE LIFE THAT LIFTS
VII
VII. THE SENSE OF THE UNSEEN
THE BROOK IN THE WAY
THAT WHICH IS HIGH
VIII
VIII. STRENGTH FOR THE DAILY TASK
THE SENSE OF THE INFINITE
THE GREAT INSPIRATION
IX
IX. THE PASSING AND PERMANENT
FACING THE FACTS
THE REAL FOUNDATION
X
X. THE GREAT SEARCH
THE HUNGER OF THE AGES
THE SOLE SATISFACTION
XI
XI. THE LAW OF SELECTION
THE FALLACY OF NEGATION
THE SECRET OF ALL
XII
XII. THE IDEAL SERVICE
THE ORTHODOX SERVICE
THE HEAVENLY SERVICE
XIII
XIII. THE PRIMARY RECONCILIATION
FAITH IN OUR FELLOWS
THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS
XIV
XIV. RICHES AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
RELIGION AND BUSINESS
THE MORAL END OF MONEY-MAKING
XV
XV. THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS
THE GLADNESS OF GOODNESS
THE TRUE PARADISE
XVI
XVI. RELIGION OF A PRACTICAL MIND
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
NEW TRUTHS FOR NEW DAYS
XVII
XVII. ROOT AND FRUIT
THE ORTHODOX ACCENT
THE BUSINESS OF RELIGION
XVIII
XVIII "THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH"
FEAR AND FAITH
FAITH FOR THE FUTURE
XIX
XIX. WORRY
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
THE GOSPEL OF SONG
XX
XX. THE ONE AT THE HELM
THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP
THE FATHER'S CARE
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Henry Frederick Cope
Essays on Everyday Ideals
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There is such a thing as supremely selfish self-denial. A man retires into the monk's pietic seclusion; he isolates himself from interest in the world battles; he shuts himself from sympathy with the struggles of business, civil, and even social life. To him these things are carnal. He is engrossed with the complication of interpretations of languages long dead, or with visions of an unknown heaven, and this, he thinks, is living the life of self-denial.
The denial of self is not the death of self; it is the leading of the best self into larger life. It is not the dwarfing of the life; it is its development into usefulness. It is not the emasculation of character; it is the submission and discipline of the life to new and nobler motives.
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