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Excerpt from The Unwrought Iron an Introduction to Religion This book should first be read through and then studied. Even a rapid reading of its pages will make it clear that a religion, to be really useful, must be one's very own, wrought out of the unhammered iron of tradition, fragmentary knowledge and transitory experiences. To get that idea constitutes the first step. The second is, through careful study, discussion and meditation, to formulate ones own ideas, evaluate emotions and impulses, and cultivate right attitudes and habits. So to proceed is to develop, each for himself, a saving faith and a serviceable religious experience. The author of this book has had much to do with young men and women of high-school and college age, and has learned the secret of working with rather than for them in their spiritual strivings. And he well knows that, for the vigorous-minded, religion, to be really effective, must be frankly rational, and must associate itself with the tasks and the opportunities which they already confront. 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.