The New Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The New Philosophy<br><br>Truth is not truth unless it is truth to you. Inspiration is only humbug unless it inspires you. If you can drop self-consciousness long enough to receive a message you may be able to read your message out of this book, otherwise this book will be worthless to you.<br><br>The word "Philosophy" is used here only in the sense of the new philosophy as defined all through, and it has nothing to do with religion nor will it ever interfere with it. Philosophy is of the Earth and is ignorant of the soul and of those higher matters which belong to it. Yet even philosophy may cost you a great price and you must be ready and Willing to suffer if you would begin its study. If not so willing you had better heed this warning and close this book before you have read another line.<br><br>Personally, I am, I hope, nobody. But if you have any prejudice against an ex-thief, ex-convict, ex-murderer, ex-hangman or hypocrite, take this book as coming from him - and if its truth is truth to you, it will still reach you and still inspire you.<br><br>Truth is not for sale. No one can buy a copy of this book and no one can have it at all unless he receives it as an absolutely free gift and can get a message without feeling under any obligation whatever.<br><br>As long as I can earn enough to do so I will send a copy of this book to every applicant gratis and postage paid.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.