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methods, the result has always been disaster, suffering, and anguish. Sober judgment in all the affairs of life leads to contentment and happiness; while unbridled emotion and imagination, unrestrained by the appreciation of realities, lead to the very opposite. It is in this latter direction that Christian Science tends; for it is the product of a misdirected emotional state. It is not even remotely scientific; and it is devoid of common sense.