. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. rac-tion toward the individual and personal THE HEBREWS.—RELIGION. 307 which makes them, monotheistic in reli-gion, lyrical in poetry, monarchical inpolitics, abrupt in style, and unable forspeculative thought. In this strong sketch of the character of the
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. rac-tion toward the individual and personal THE HEBREWS.—RELIGION. 307 which makes them, monotheistic in reli-gion, lyrical in poetry, monarchical inpolitics, abrupt in style, and unable forspeculative thought. In this strong sketch of the character of the Semitic peoples, we note the belief of the author that monotheism as a form of religious faith and doctrine was instinc- tive in the g^iven race— Was the belief ^ . instinctive in that that race differed from the race? n ^i • ,i all others m the possessionof this instinct. Others were polytheis- the modern nations had a differentorigin. Among civilized peoples poly-theism has given away. Nowhere inEurope or the New World, where thecivilized life is prevalent, are people anylonger found who believe in the exist-ence of many gods. The existenceamong all these of a monotheistic faithmust be attributed to a Semitic origin. Other great thinkers have taken adifferent view from that of M. study of the mythology of the Aryan. PLACE OF LAMENTATION.—Drawn by Paul Hardy, from a photograph. tic; but these believed in the unity andpersonality of God as the first concepts ofreligion. In the treatise referred to theauthor proceeds to show that the threegreat monotheistic religions—Judaism,Christianity, and Mohammedanism —have all arisen from a Semitic is true. Nor has any other formof prevailing religious thought among nations has led investigators not a fewto the belief that the first concepts of thepeoples of these races also ?• ^ . Contrary opin- were monotheistic. Max ion; views of -,, .. 1 1 1 Max Mliller. M u 11 e r, perhaps morethan any other, has u
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