Excerpt from Tides of the Spirit: Selections From the Writings of James MartineauThis year will be celebrated the centenary of James Martineau's birth. He was born at Norwich, England, on April 21, 1805. To mark the occasion this book has been compiled with the knowledge and consent of his executors. It is intended to meet a long felt want. The selections have been taken chiefly from the devotional writings, and mainly from the later volumes of Ser mons, Hours of Thought, - the desire being to cull from this great thinker's latest and richest thought. The passages chosen are in no way exhaustive - but illustrative and suggestive. If they lead to a more in.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.