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between two contending nations, and is actually a source of strength to them both, the one arrived at through the instrumentality of the latter is only bought at the cost of blood and money, and also entails the maintenance of an armed encampment in the future. It follows from this that the political emancipation of the world is not to be achieved by forming any community for deeds of aggression and bloodshed, but by imparting true knowledge to mankind, so that when the spiritual perception of the race is awakened and the masses become convinced of the unreality and instability of the materialistic life, and of the reality of their own godly nature, they would, of their own accord and free-will, proceed to take the necessary steps to establish the principle of equality between all classes of men. Thus will be abolished, once for all and for ever, the invidious distinction between the different sections and communities of men.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
From the rise and fall of great empires in the past we might also learn the important lesson that justice is the principle of solidarity and power, for justice begets confidence, and confidence unites individuals into colonies, colonies into states, and states into empires. Where justice is wanting, there is no trust; without trust, there is no identity of interest; and without an identity of interest, there can be no esprit de corps, which is the root of power. It is only in the absence of justice that arbitrariness with its inseparable companion, favouritism, comes into vogue. The unjust tries to fortify himself against his enemies by the exercise of favouritism. But Nature never countenances this
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