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the Iranians, in the religion of the prophet Zarathushtra a civilisation grew up, flourishing under its fostering infinence. Greece and Rome developed under the influence of the religions which were founded on the Orphic tradition derived from India, derived from Egypt, made stronger and more scientific by Pythagoras the wonderful, made beautiful by all the art of Greece. Come later down, and see how Rome is going to die, and when the vast hordes of barbarians is going to sweep down over the corpse of the Empire of Rome and Byzantium, see how before that cataclysm the Christ is born, and another form of religion is ready to take up the seething elements of dying Rome, and to watch over the birth-pangs of the Christendom that is to be born. See when the Arabian civilisation is to appear, and the Moor and the Saracen are to illuminate the western world, how, ere they can move, Muhammad must come to guide and direct, to shape their thoughts, to mould their teachings.
Are you so blind that you cannot read, or do you think so little that, wlien a new birth-hour is upon humainty, you camot see the signs of the coming birth and understand its nature?
What is the difference of this modern message of the Divine Wisdom, as compared with the messages of the past ? Every one of those founded a new religion. Every one of them made a special faith, every one of them shaped a special civilisation. All who came within the pale were believers; all who were ontside were unbelievers. The new message builds up
