... course of the rest of her life. First, in 1862, Mary's husband Daniel contacted Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby seeking his help in healing Mary. Quimby had developed a system of mental healing called "The Science of Health" or "Christian Science." Mary was cured and quickly became an enthusiastic disciple of Quimby. She compiled and copied notes of his teachings and manuscripts. Much of the book she ... would publish in 1875, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," contained much of ... Quimby's material, though Mary would come to denounce Quimby and deny any dependence on his t...

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... these new revelations had gone against everything these people had been previously taught or conceived to be the truth. Millard then states that because of this all too common thought-pattern among Americans citizens she is taking up writing this piece in hopes that readers will rediscover their deeply rooted ... in early history textbooks or something like that. To my knowledge I had never read any motivating speeches Washington had delivered to his troops at the blizzard of Valley Forge either. Sure enough though Millard included a very powerful one that I had also never seen. It also ...

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