The Kernel and the Husk: Letters on Spiritual Christianity
THE KERNEL AND THE HUSK
Letters on Spiritual Christianity
BY
EDWIN A. ABBOTT
THE AUTHOR OF
“PHILOCHRISTUS” AND “ONESIMUS”
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1886
The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.
THE DOUBTERS OF THIS GENERATION
AND
Edwin Abbott Abbott
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The Kernel and the Husk
TO THE READER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Nature
Laws of Nature
Suspension of Laws of Nature
The Action of the Will
APPENDIX
DEFINITIONS
i. Reality
ii. Force
iii. Cause and Effect
iv. Spirit
v. Matter
vi. Nature
vii. Will
viii. Attention
ix. Memory
x. Imagination
xi. Reason
xii. Hope
xiii. Faith
xiv. Belief
xv. Certainty, or Conviction
xvi. Knowledge
xvii. Illusions and Delusions