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CHAPTER VIII

THE RADIANT CENTER

The following lecture is reproduced here, although it is not Mrs. Colby's best or most popular lecture, but because it is unique in its subject and manner of treatment. It answers in a plain and intelligible manner the question often asked, "What Is New Thought?" and it suggests ideas which are inspiring and are new to many. Like most of her lectures it was not prepared for the press, but consisted of notes and references to be used in speaking. Many poetic quotations which, being recited by the speaker, doubtless rendered the lecture more impressive were not written out, but only indicated. These are necessarily omitted. Mrs. Fanny Hale Gardner, a friend of the editor, has prepared the manuscript for the press. There are undoubtedly places where passages may seem abrupt and unfinished. This was inevitable since the notes were incomplete, and much was left to be supplied extemporaneously by the speaker.