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Title: The fountain : with jets of new meanings
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910 Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Spiritualism
Publisher: Boston : William White & Co. New York : American News Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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he grave andthoughtful, and if the teachings of this initial volume shall in somedegree assist parents and tutors in the rearing and just education of chil-dren, the Author will deem his industry amply rewarded. And he willinterpret the general acceptance of this work to mean that additionalbooks in this series are called for, A. J. DAVIS. New York, September 20, 1870. CONTENTS. CHAP PAGE. I. The Everlasting 0 7 II. Bkauty and Destiny of Mother Natures Darlings 20 III. The Solitudes of Animal Life 42 IV. Indication of Reason in Animals 54 Y. Formation of Nationoids in America 64 YI. The Wisdom of Getting Knowledge 82 YII. The Childrens Progressive Lyceum 110 VIII. Lyceum Teachings for Children 123 IX. Imagination as an Educational Force 137 X. Prophetic Dreams and Visions during Sleep 154 XI. True and False Worship. 162 XII. Origin and Influence of Prayer 180 XIII. Realms of Sorrow and Superstition 200 XIV. Effect of a Mistake in Religion 221 XV. Omens and Signs among Religionists 233
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I. The Everlasting O. rjlIIE English alphabet contains no letter more re-X markable than the familiar fourth vowel, O;with which, therefore, I have elected to begin thisbook of interior entertainments. The fifteenth letter is written and spoken morefrequently than any other in the language, with the 8 JETS OF NEW MEANINGS. exception of the superlatively important initial, A.This is because no other letter so spontaneously ex-presses the many and various feelings of the impress-ible spirit. It involuntarily bubbles up to the tongue,in the shape of an interjection, as the natural soundof almost every imaginable emotion—of surprise, joy,alarm, aversion, sorrow, supplication. Bees do not swarm more thickly into a clover-fieldthan does this letter crowd itself into the flowers of literature. The veryexistence of poetry de-pends upon the exist-ence of this simplevowel. Starting withthese hints, where canyou not go in tracingthe inclispdisability ofthis item of the alphabet ? The en^tire s

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