This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...or "love of flattery," but just "Love." On the floor of the entrance we read in mosaic: "Mother's Room. The children's offering "--which signifies that Mother Eddy knows how to attract the pennies of little Scientists as well as the dollars of her larger infants. As you enter the room, you tread on whitemarble ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...or "love of flattery," but just "Love." On the floor of the entrance we read in mosaic: "Mother's Room. The children's offering "--which signifies that Mother Eddy knows how to attract the pennies of little Scientists as well as the dollars of her larger infants. As you enter the room, you tread on whitemarble mosaic, sprayed with figs and figleaves, and you feel an emanation of pale green and old rose. If you know your business, you are struck with awe on being in this holy-ofholies. On your right is a mantel of white Italian marble and gold, with an open fireplace, wherein to throw all your mortal thoughts, that they may be consumed. Opposite the mantel on your left, is a rather large painting, set back in the wall, but well lighted by electricity and divine science. It shows the sacred chair in which Mrs. Eddy sat when she wrote Science and Health. The chair is empty--as typical, perhaps, of her departure from Boston when she closed her "Metaphysical College." As Mrs. Eddy has no need of a table when she writes, but can perform miracles of literature on a pad, the picture shows this phenomenon. Sheets of her manuscript are scattered on the floor, illustrating the logical chaos which fills them. A part of " The Mother's Room" is fenced off by a ribbon, to protect a rug made from the downy breasts of five hundred eider-ducks. The legend, as told by the guide, is that "no man's hand ever touched this rug." It is sacred to the Mother's immaculate foot. But it was not manufactured by the Audubon Society. A beautiful showcase, of white and gold, ornaments the room, and in it are the white and gold editions of Mrs. Eddy's works. They are samples of what you can buy at the regular price, and...
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