61. The final Goal

We do not expect to accomplish everything in our day; but we want to

do what good we can, and to render all the service possible in the

holy cause of human progress. We know that doing away with gods and

supernatural persons and powers is not an end. It is a means to the end;

the real end being the happiness of man.

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