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arrived, she can any longer deny the inherited instincts of her nature. 

 That spirit which has made Britain a ruler among the nations is the 

 spirit which gave to America her national being. Nor will that 

 common spirit deny its brotherhood in the hour of decisive action. 



In our considerations thus far we have looked upon the Asiatic 

 only as a receiver from western civilization, but it should not be 

 overlooked that western thought, high as it is, may receive some- 

 thing from its humble eastern brother. Modern Aryan thought is 

 now so tinged with scientific doubt, and a belief in the uncondi- 

 tioned liberty of the individual as to threaten the destruction of law 

 and government. It would not, therefore, be altogether unprofita- 

 ble for the western philosopher to turn once more to the East, and 

 there, under the mystic Heavens, to feel that neither spiritually nor 

 physically can man deny the universal brotherhood, nor his depend- 

 ence on an all-enveloping environment. 



In conclusion let me add that these humble predictions have 

 been evolved from the laboured speculations of the student and not 

 from the revelations of a prophet. But whether any or none of 

 these things come true, of this, I feel, we can be assured, that the 

 relations at present existing between the orient and the Occident are 

 not long to continue in their present status. Whether their readjust- 

 ment is to be marked by a giving and receiving of mutual benefits, 

 or with bloodshed and the social decline of either part is evident to 

 the great Ruler of the universe alone. 



