I believe that progress is real. I believe that man is endowed at birth by his Creator with certain basic rights, which coming from a source higher than the state must not be taken away by the state; that when he fights for these basic liberties, he is not fighting for something new or alien to himself. I have a firm conviction that the living are dead, except in those moments when their hearts are conscious of their treasures. I believe we live after death, so far as this earth life is concerned, in direct proportion as we have translated the love principle into life. And the love principle, when once released, knows no bounds of time or space and is victor over death itself. I believe that we begin in the afterlife precisely where we leave off in this earth life, in the eternal process of perfecting our personalities. I believe that Jesus of Nazareth and his sacrificial life and teaching has the answer to the ills of this