Excerpt from The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life: The Nathaniel William Taylor Lectures for 1907, Given Before the Divinity School of Yale University This book aims to face, as straightforwardly as may be, the problem implied in its title. It seeks to speak directly, as frankly and simply as possible, and yet with some adequacy, to the fundamental religious need of men, - to the need of all who cherish ideals of any kind. The book has been written, just because this prob lem of the seeming unreality of the spiritual life was felt to be fundamental both for thought and life; and with the hope that considera tions, that had meant much to the writer, in the solution of this problem, might not be with out helpful suggestion for others. Its lines of thought might have been greatly extended, but the intention has been to treat the subject suggestively rather than exhaustively, and elabo ration of thought is left to the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.