At the end of my sophomore year in college, I saw that my day-to-day...

At the end of my sophomore year in college, I saw that my day-to-day life was almost devoid of original thinking. I seemed incapable of generating original thoughts, so I felt doomed to always using other people's ideas.

I really longed to experience deep, fresh ideas, and the desire grew almost unnoticed over several months. Without my knowing, this was silent prayer.

Finally, I decided it was time to read Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy cover to cover. The night I began I found a statement that answered my prayer. In the Preface (p. x) Mrs. Eddy says of herself as author, "She has made no effort to embellish, elaborate, or treat in full detail so infinite a theme."

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