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"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. 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
til, in the Yoga philosophy, they rushed into systematized mysticisms and magic far more extravagant than the wildest _theurgy_ of the degraded Neoplatonism of the 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 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. ULD TAKE THEM NO FARTHER THEY SUPPLEMENTED IT BY DREAMS AND ECSTASY UNTIL IN THE YOKE OF PHILOSOPHY THEY RUSHED INTO SYSTEMATIZED MYSTICISMS AND MAGIC WERE MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN THE WILDEST THEOLOGY OF THE DEGRADED NEO PLATONISM OF THE 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
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