One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . more extraordinary factis, that during the more recent era, that of European civilization,Asia rested in the most sluggish conservatism, sleeping whileEurope and America were actively moving, content with its ancientknowledge while the people of the West were pursuing new knowl-edge into its most secret lurking places. And this conservatism seemed an almost immovable a century England has been pouring new thought and newenterprise into India, yet the Hindus cling stubbornly to theirre


One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . more extraordinary factis, that during the more recent era, that of European civilization,Asia rested in the most sluggish conservatism, sleeping whileEurope and America were actively moving, content with its ancientknowledge while the people of the West were pursuing new knowl-edge into its most secret lurking places. And this conservatism seemed an almost immovable a century England has been pouring new thought and newenterprise into India, yet the Hindus cling stubbornly to theirremotely ancient beliefs and customs, though they show somesigns of a political awakening. For half a century Europe has beenhammering upon the gates of China, but not until recently didthis sleeping nation show any signs of waking to the fact that the (348) aw P 13 c+ •—*CD P?1 rt- £& Is Q CO 3 Crq CO 3 Crq trp 01 „ «-y 0 o C 13* g 3 3 H cr >—i 3 » ^3- K !— O > ^ «? (> to O W 3 n « O 3P. i CD O p > a ^ 3 3 ro oi p 4 Tl •O CD t-1 n p* > £ H P* O -§.


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