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4) a consistent, honourable and practical doctrine has been established, which aims at and is intended to secure the highest benefits for men, and the Grace and Joy of Life for all living beings, including those in the lower grades of existence;
5) and last but not the least of all, a lasting and abiding agreement, which is the real guarantee of eternal friendship, has been established, without denying, or in any way restricting, the legitimate scope, aspiration and function of any of the parties!
With reference to Science also, I should like to say that it will pay us more if we cease to look upon the ancients as primitive men or baby monkeys. It is best to recognise that sweeping generalizations are apt to mislead. Humanity attained to such grandeur in the past' that men became and came to be known as Gods. On the other hand, there were complete savages also living side by side at the same time on earth. It will be as unreasonable to say that every one on earth was an omniscient God in the past as it would be to say that every one was a primitive savage. Religion admits the fact of evolution within certain limits. There is evolution of the bodies which religion leaves for those who are interested in the subject; there is evolution of the soul in which it is really interested; but religion refuses to follow the line of thought which leaves out of account the soul. Modern Science practically knows nothing about the nature of knowledge, though it knows how to classify knowledge. It knows little or nothing about consciousness; it knows nothing about perception !
We may quote from Wm. MacDougall who is as good a psychologist as one can easily think of, to show
