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one bond of union to work towards brotherhood,
with that for its aim.

Believing in the Fatherhood of God, it follows
as a necessary corollary that we should believe
in the Brotherhood of man, and it seeks to form
a nucleus with that idea. The second object
follows as a necessary consequence, if I may
say so, of the first; for in order to bring all
peoples together the first thing to be done is to
study the reason as to why they are divided,
and this causes us to study the people, to study
their religion, philosophy and science. It is
very clear that this is essential if you want to
understand a nation, so the second object of the
Theosophical Society is " To encourage the
study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and
Science". The third object, a necessary out-
come of the other two, is <( To investigate
unexplained laws of nature and the powers
latent in man". To be in the Theosophical
Society does not make a Theosophist, but it can
make a student of Theosophy.

lt The Theosophical Society is composed of
students belonging to any religion in the world,
or to none, who are united by their approval of
the above objects, by their wish to remove reli-
gious antagonisms, and to draw together men of
goodwill, whatsoever their religious opinions,
and by their desire to study religious truths, and