"There is a third period which is the exception in the life of the personality. It is that period which sometimes comes in a moment of intense aspiration toward the divine. This period is marked as if by a flash of light which illuminates the mind and brings with it a sense or prescience of immortality. Then the personality realizes its frailties and its weaknesses and is conscious of the fact that it is not the real I. But this knowledge brings with it the power of humility, which is the strength as of a child whom no one will injure. Its sense of impermanence is supplanted by the conscious presence of its true ego, the real I."
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The Word Magazine (1904-1917)
The Word was an American magazine with a worldwide circulation dedicated to the brotherhood of humanity. It was published by Harold W. Percival from 1904 to 1917. Over the years Harold W. Percival wrote some 43 editorials.
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