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The ancient Hindu cared not about the future of his neighbors, and doubtless even the expression "human race" would have been unintelligible to him. THE ANCIENT HINDU CARED NOT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HIS NEIGHBORS AND DOUBTLESS EVEN THE EXPRESSION HUMAN RACE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNINTELLIGIBLE TO HIM
etchedness. True, ages and ages hence the "age of truth" returns, but it returns only to pass away again and torment us with the memory of lost purity and joy. The experience of the universe is thus an eternal renovation of hope and disappointment. In the struggle between good and evil there is no final triumph for the good. We tread a fated, eternal round from which there is no escape; and alike the hero fights and the martyr dies in vain. It is remarkable that acute intellectual men, as many of the Hindu poets were, should never have grappled with the problem of the divine government of the world. [Sidenote: The future of the Aryan race.] Equally notable is the unconcern of the Veda as to the welfare and the future of even the Aryan race. But how sublime is the promise given to Abraham that in him and his seed all nations of the earth should be blessed! Renan has pointed with admiration to the confidence entertained at all times by the Jew in a brilliant and happy future for mankind. E RECEIVED FROM IT THE DEEPER MUST WE PLUNGE INTO SIN AND RICHARDNESS TRUE AGES AND AGES HENCE THE AGE OF TRUTH RETURNS BUT IT RETURNS ONLY TO PASS AWAY AGAIN AND TORMENT US WITH THE MEMORY OF LOSS UNITY AND JOY THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNIVERSE IS THUS AN ETERNAL RENOVATION OF HOPE AND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THERE IS NO FINAL TRIUMPH FOR THE GOOD WE TREAD ATERNAL WRONG FROM WHICH THERE IS NO ESCAPE AND ALIKE THE HERO FIGHTS AND THE MATTER DIES IN VAIN IT IS REMARKABLE THAT ACUTE INTELLECTUAL MEN AS MANY OF THE HINDOO POETS WERE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GRAPPLED WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD EQUALLY NOTABLE IN THE UNCONCERN OF THE WEATHER AS TO THE WELFARE AND THE FUTURE OF EVEN THE ARGUAN RACE BUT HOW SUBLIME IS THE PROMISE GIVEN TO THE ABRAHAM THAT IN HIM AND HIS SEED ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHOULD BE BLESSED RINAN HAS POINTED WITH ADMIRATION TO THE CONFIDENCE ENTERTAINED AT ALL TIMES BY THE JEW IN A BRILLIANT AND HAPPY FUTURE FOR MANKIND
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