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This is owing to the fatal belief that error is as real as Truth ; that evil has equal power and claims with good, and discord is as normal and real as harmony; such admissions work badly. That matter is solid Substance, and Spirit essence inside of matter; that Spirit is Life, but dwells in decay and death; that Spirit is God, but cannot make man without partnership with matter; that man is not man until he is matter; are false admissions and contradictory statements that Seem too absurd to be permitted a place in reason. If man is matter, he is not mind, and dust is as intelligent as Deity. (Eddy, Mary Baker, Science and Health, 1st ed., p.437)
