The book Ex Oriente Studies of Oriental Life And Thought was written by author Edward Payson Thwing Here you can read free online of Ex Oriente Studies of Oriental Life And Thought book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Ex Oriente Studies of Oriental Life And Thought a good or bad book?
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RELIGION A EEGNANT POWER. Eeligion enters into everything. The Hindus, for example, eat, drink, toil, siri, religiously. Their gods are vile. The book which two-thirds of the Hindus call their bible is untranslateable in its vileness. The word priest is used as a climax, when other words of abuse have been exhausted. With such gods and guides what can be expected of the people ? Religion controls all their activities. It is not, as with many of us, a Sunday matter, but an all-pervasive, ul^iqui...tous and imperious power. It is a mighty historic force, the growth of centuries, gigantic yet flexible, and ac- commodating itself to varying conditions. It has been compared to an immense glacier, slowly moving down from a mountain, gathering up stones and debris, yet adapting itself to the configuration of the mountain. This flexibility characterizes the religious system of China, and so unites the ethical, physical and meta- physical ; morality, idolatry and superstition in one mighty controlling power.
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