
Harold W. Percival
Harold Waldwin Percival was a philosopher and writer, best known for Thinking and Destiny, in print since 1946. Between 1904 and 1917, he published The Word. In 1950, he founded The Word Foundation, Inc.
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- Bridgetown
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Trending topics shown first"This book was dictated to Benoni B. Gattell at intervals between the years 1912 and 1932. Since then it has been worked over again and again. Now, in 1946, there are few pages that have not been at le…"
"From November of 1892 I passed through astonishing and crucial experiences, following which, in the spring of 1893, there occurred the most extraordinary event of my life. I had crossed 14th Street at…"
"Therefore public officials in monarchies, oligarchies and democracies, are as bad as they are. They are the representatives of the people; in them the thoughts of the people have taken form. Those who…"
"A thought has no size in the physical sense but is vast as compared to the physical acts and objects into which it is later precipitated. The power of a thought is enormous and superior to all the suc…"
"In every age a few individuals do find The Great Way. They do conquer death by regenerating and restoring their bodies to the Realm of Permanence."
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1868
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Birth1953
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