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Anatomy defined

Anatomy, when conceived of spiritually, is mental self- knowledge, and consists in the dissection of thoughts to discover their quality, quantity, and origin. Are thoughts divine or human? That is the important question. This branch of study is indispen- sable to the excision of error. The anatomy of Christian Science teaches when and how to probe the self-in- flicted wounds of selfishness, malice, envy, and hate. It teaches the control of mad ambition. It unfolds the hallowed influences of unselfishness, philanthropy, spir- itual love. It urges the government of the body both in health and in sickness. The Christian Scientist, through understanding mental anatomy, discerns and

deals with the real cause of disease. The material physi- cian gropes among phenomena, which fluctuate every in- stant under influences not embraced in his diagnosis, and so he may stumble and fall in the darkness.