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selfish prosperity during which the seeds of disintegration germinate and grow apace. Then begins the reverse process which involves the selfish in trouble, wars, humiliation and defeat, and, finally, also in destruction. The path of Love, on the other hand, is free from such disasters. It is one smooth, ever-peaceful, ever-joyous existence, with an ever-widening circle of friends, ever-increasing in power and glory, with no fear of loss or disharmony anywhere. We may apply these principles to small families and societies, or to great nations and empires; their working is uniform throughout. Let there be mutual hatred between husband and wife, and very soon home would cease to be happy ; let the feeling of mutual distrust take possession of the hearts of men, and it would soon disperse society ; let disunion creep in among men in a nation, and soon there would be civil wars; similarly, let ihe various races constituting an empire hate each other, and it would very soon become convulsed with wars and struggles, and shaken to its very foundation, even if not destroyed. It is against the law of nature that hatred should be prosperous beyond certain limits which are determined by the energy of the hater himself, and, because in hatred energy is dissipated needlessly, loss of power must ultimately result. We should ever try to live peacefully and happily with the other members of our race, always trying to establish a real brotherhood of man in which everyone contributes his or her share of goodwill towards the common good. Let the father not only love his family, but the whole society and brotherhood of man all over the world ; let the
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