THE word "remembrance," like "fragrance," indicates somewhat the nature of its meaning, if one utters it caressingly. It associates naturally, in our thought, with all that is good, all that we wish to have linger in our lives. If words are such wonderful things,—as men like Ruskin have shown,—then we ought to live up to the highest significance of the words which we use. If this were done with regard to remembrance, then the seeming evil that has claimed to afflict humanity in the past would fade away, thus reversing the dictum of Shakespeare's Antony:
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Mortals, however, governed frequently by revenge, hatred, and selfpity, seem prone to dwell upon the wrongs, mistakes, and troubles which they have experienced. It is generally looked upon as a pardonable thing to do this, but Christian Science reveals the unwisdom of such indulgence.
