A happier world we would have if more of mankind would display nobility of character. This is needed if the human race is to progress out of the limitations of meanness and selfishness into the freedom of greatness and helpfulness. Christian Science constantly emphasizes the truth that man is really the perfect idea of Mind, or God, and not the discordant, self-centered mortal he so often seems to be.
Mary Baker Eddy says in Miscellaneous Writings, "The noblest work of God is man in the image of his Maker; the last infirmity of evil is so-called man, swayed by the maelstrom of human passions, elbowing the concepts of his own creating, making place for himself and displacing his fellows."Mis., p. 294;
Christ Jesus gave the world the clearest expression of nobility it has ever known. His purity, his completely unselfed purpose, his merciful healing activities, his forgiveness of enemies, his freedom from personal ambition, and his final full sacrifice of the mortal sense of himself—these defined nobility.
