That the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, was a reader and admirer of the great Shakespeare, there is ample evidence in her writings. On entering her study in the home at Chestnut Hill, one is certain to notice a bust of the Bard of Avon; in fact, on the flyleaf of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, appear these oft-quoted words of his: "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Students of Christian Science who read the Bible in the new light of Mrs. Eddy's spiritual discovery, constantly come upon Scriptural gems of truth hitherto hidden from their comprehension. Similarly, when a Scientist reads the poems and plays of Shakespeare, he encounters again and again phrases and statements which glow with unwonted meaning, thanks to Truth's enlightenment. Even though the play be the tragic "Macbeth," one happens upon such arresting expressions as the following. Her husband having suggested the possibility of failure in a certain enterprise, Lady Macbeth counters:
We fail!
But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail.
