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The Brahman, the man of prayer, had made himself indispensable in all sacred rites. He alone  as we have seen  knew the holy text; he alone could rightly pronounce the words of awful mystery and power on which depended all weal or woe. THE BRAHMAN THE MAN OF PRAYER HAS MADE HIMSELF INDISPENSABLE IN ALL SACRED RITES HE ALONE AS WE HAVE SEEN KNEW THE HOLY TEXT HE ALONE COULD RIGHTLY PRONOUNCE THE WORDS OF AWFUL MYSTERY AND POWER ON WHICH DEPENDED ALL WEAL AND WOE
ne providence is the Yoga. It thus seems that the consistent followers of these systems can have, in their perfected state, no religion, no action, and no moral character."[21] [Sidenote: Indian philosophy a sad failure.] And now to take a brief review of the whole subject. The Hindu sages were men of acute and patient thought; but their attempt to solve the problem of the divine and human natures, of human destiny and duty, has ended in total failure. Each system baseless, and all mutually conflicting; systems cold and cheerless, that frown on love and virtuous exertion, and speak of annihilation or its equivalent, absorption, as our highest hope: such is the poor result of infinite speculation. "The world by wisdom knew not God." O, that India would learn the much-needed lesson of humility which the experience of ages ought to teach her! [Sidenote: Sacerdotalism. The tyranny of sacerdotalism.] While speculation was thus busy Sacerdotalism was also continually extending its influence. HE ROMAN EMPIRE A LEARNED WRITER THUS EXPRESSES HIMSELF THE ONLY ONE OF THE SIX SCHOOLS THAT SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE YOKA IT THUS SEEMS THAT THE CONSISTENT FOLLOWERS OF THESE SYSTEMS CAN HAVE IN THEIR PERFECTED STATE NO RELIGION NO ACTION AND NO MORAL CHARACTER AND NOW TO TAKE A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WHOLE SUBJECT THE HINDOO SAGES WERE MEN OF ACUTE AND PATIENT THOUGHT BUT THEY ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE DIVINE AND HUMAN NATURES OF HUMAN DESTINY AND DUTY HAS ENDED IN TOTAL FAILURE EACH SYSTEM BASELESS AND ALL MUTUALLY CONFLICTING SYSTEMS COLD AND CHEERLESS THAT FROWN ON LOVE AND VIRTUOUS EXERTION AND SPEAK OF ANY ELATION OR ITS EQUA RELENT ABSORPTION AS OUR HIGHEST HOPE SUCH IS THE POOR RESULT OF INFINITE SPECULATION THE WORLD BY WISDOM KNEW NOT GOD OH THAT INDIA WOULD LEARN THE MUCH NEEDED LESSON OF HUMILITY WHICH THE EXPERIENCE OF AGES OUGHT TO TEACH HER WHILE SPECULATION WAS THUS BUSY SACERDOTALISM WAS ALSO CONTINUALLY EXTENDING ITS INFLUENCE
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