Quote#Politics & Power
We see in man three elements; the material body, the life principle…
Quote byErnest Barnes · 1874–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Spiritualism and the Christian Faith (1918).
English (original)
We see in man three elements; the material body, the life principle and the element of human personality. The last has only slowly reached its present complexity and is still far from the power and perfection that we can imagine it will some day possess.
— Ernest Barnes
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