The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

anger OF the offended deity at interference
with the institutions which he had estab-
lishcd. It IL evident, therefore. hat you could
no more alter or destroy tho institutions. In which
the stage Of civilization reached by a people at
any given time consisted, By the moro demon
stration Of their effect in retarding development,
without. first Of all, destroying or discrodlting
tho religion and tho gods which wore believed to
have instituted them and to still continue 10
countenance and support them, than you
could destroy or alter tho institutions
OF a Russian village or province with
out. first OF all. discrediting tho authority
or discardinR tho allegiance Of the Gar. How
true this Is will be apparent II wo consider those
Eastern countries in which religion continues at
the present day to preserve the Same relation to
the institutions OF society as 1t did In ancient
times, and reflect how hopeless It would be to
attompt to reform their moral and social. insti-
buttons without, first Of all. destroying or rc-
forming tho religion which gave rise to them
and sanctioned them, and on which they de-
pend. How hopeless. for example. TO dream Of
abolishinR. except by tho physical forcc em-
ployed by tho English rulers, the caste system Of
India, with lis widow burninxs. child marriages.
silva orgies, JuGgcrnaut immolntions, Thuggoc,
and the rest. without first abolishing tho
religion OF Hinduism. which originated
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evil OF his concubinage and polygamy. his bc-
lief In the sword. and his contempt for science
and tho arts. without first convincing him Of the
falsehood OF the Koran and its prophcts. How
convince the jew that his tribal oxclusivcncss,
his circumcision, his abstinence from meats,
his Sabbaths and the rest are not the goal OF
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the method by which civilization In advanced
must be the same In all ages, instead OF being, as