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and broken, is discontented with himself and theworld about him. The strong and joyous manwho has his own soul and his own body undercontrol, will—step by step—improve his environ-ment and permeate the social order around himwith constructive spirit.

The Quaker, by tradition and convictionfriendly to science will be open to the psychologicaland biological achievements of modern time. Hewill apply the advices of science as the means andways to a goal which, as he knows, no science candemonstrate, but which science presupposes asthe absolute value of truth which it is possible toreach by earnest endeavour and genial intuition.The " eternal Yes " has to come first as the turningpoint in life but it has to be worked out by apsychological and biological regeneration.

All these things have nothing to do with theChristian dogma, but they have much to do withthe life of Jesus. Born on the outskirt of thecultural circles of His time, He grew up in closecontact with nature and far from city life.Schooled in a handicraft He loved loneliness, thedesert nor as a place of terror but as the floweringsteppes. It was here that He overcame Satan,here the animals flocked to Him, here the angelsministered to Him, here He gathered " in prayerand fasting " the divine strength, with which He—the greatest psychotherapeutist of all ages—set out on the peaceful conquest of the world.We cannot think of Him other than as the strongand radiant youth who anticipated the words ofthe apostle : " Know ye not that your body is a