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OF PSYCHIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Price THE FORUM OF PSYCHIC AN D SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENCE • PHILOSOPHY • RELIGION P ric e 20c A u g u s t 1 9 3 2 IN THIS ISSUE r Diversified Thoughts of the Editor.............................................Felicie O. Crossley The C ause of the R-101 D isaster.................................Compiled by Glenn Palm er The Olympian Conference of Liberals in Religion.......................................Report The Magnificent Depression.............................................A nn ette W . Scarborough Reception to Mrs. Eileen G arrett........................ .......Report W h at Is Liberalism in R eligio n ?..........................................................Sheldon Shepard The Research of the Commonplace...... ................ ...................... .Lowell C. 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