l disadvantage to the natural man
to be thrown out of correspondence with this Environment, it is of
inestimable importance to the spiritual man. For so long as it is
maintained the way is barred for a further Evolution. And hence the
condition necessary for the further Evolution is that the spiritual be
released from the natural. That is to say, the condition of the further
Evolution is Death. _Mora janua Vitae_, therefore, becomes a scientific
formula. Death, being the final sifting of all the correspondences, is
the indispensable factor of the higher Life. In the language of Science,
not less than of Scripture, "To die is gain."

The sifting of the correspondences is done by Nature. This is its last
and greatest contribution to mankind. Over the mouth of the grave the
perfect and the imperfect submit to their final separation. Each goes to
its own--earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Spirit to Spirit.
The dust shall return to the earth as it was; and the Spirit shall
return unto God who gave it"

Altemus' Illustrated Holly-Tree Series
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ALTEMUS' ILLUSTRATED HOLLY-TREE SERIES
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.. 1 THE HOLLY-TREE. _By Charles Dickens._
.. 2 THEN MARCHED THE BRAVE. _By Harriet T. Comstock._
.. 3 A MODERN CINDERELLA. _By Louisa M. Alcott._
.. 4 THE LITTLE MISSIONARY. _By Amanda M. Douglas._
.. 5 THE RULE OF THREE. _By Susan Coolidge._
.. 6 CHUGGINS. _By H. Irving Hancock._
.. 7 WHEN THE BRITISH CAME. _By Harriet T. Comstock._
.. 8 LITTLE FOXES. _By Rose Terry Cooke._
.. 9 AN UNRECORDED MIRACLE. _By Florence Morse Kingsley._
.. 10 THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. _By Sarah Austin._
.. 11 CLOVER'S PRINCESS. _By Amanda M. Douglas._
.. 12 THE SWEET STORY OF OLD. _By L. Haskeli._

Altemus' Illustrated One-Syllable Series
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ALTEMUS' ILLUSTRATED ONE-SYLLABLE SERIES FOR YOUNG READERS
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Handsomely bound in cloth and gold, with illuminated sides, 50 cents.

.. 1 AEsop's FABLES. 62 illustrations.
.. 2 A CHILD'S LIFE OF CH