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Show Great Duty of Science Is to Give Vision to Man Beyond His Ordinary Abilities By DEAN ROBERT R. WICKS, Princeton University. The job of the scientist is to find what can be put in plate of conventional con-ventional religion. Put the spirit of true religion has not vanished so long as the spirit of unselfish devotion to our fellow man continues in the world. The vast majority of people find that our present conventional religion puts a strain on their imagination that almost breaks it down. We must think about religion in a natural, living way. To the average man religion tends to become unreal and to deal with things out of his reach. But that is just where science comes in it gives a vision to man beyond his ordinary abilities. We think that the things we can feel and handle are more real than the things of the spirit. But now we have learned that these material things are just made up of electrical energy, and we can think as readily of spiritual energy now, so that spiritual forces become just as true to reality as objects and things. Young people try to find their own reality for themselves. But sheer self-expression never got man anywhere. lie is made to express something nore and greater than himself. If you want to make more of your Life, coanect it and transmit its influence to other people. Keep your life merely for yourself, and it becomes no more than a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing. ' ' ' I |