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The QUEST of HAPPINESS
A Study of the Victory over Life's Troubles. By NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS,Pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn. Cloth, DecoratedBorder, 75c., postpaid.
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Essays on the Meaning of Life. By CARL HILTY.
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