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"Yes, I have it written down. The source of right thought is love."

"'Tis as we felt was true. These things are great and full as was the breathing of the little child after the clatter of the empty words of those who came before."

"We must forget the empty words. Empty words, the loving people say, come from thoughtlessness; and thoughtlessness is negative, and negatives are nothings; so the empty words had no real source, and therefore never really were. We must forget."

"And, too," the other said, "we know so little of the ones who spoke. One of the loving people said tonight, when he had heard another criticise: 'It may be all in your viewpoint, friend; a straight spoon in a glass of water looks most crooked.'"

"Why," said his brother, "I heard one say almost the same thing. Here it is: You know not all of the hidden rocks and reefs upon your brother's chart, nor all of the ports which he must make; therefore, say not that he steereth wrongly."