PUBLIC OPINION. THE MOVING SPIRIT OF INDIA.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1926, Page 4

PUBLIC OPINION.

THE MOVING SPIRIT OF INDIA.

“There is an intense interest in England ill the religions of India. It would lie a lamentable disappointment if in fic vicissitudes ol a long political struggle, religious issues and religious instincts wore dragged into the arena, of noisy political conflicts. Ford Iruiii went straight to the real point. In India the religious interest is the deepest of all. There the search for some ‘ fraction of the mystery ’ that surrounds our life is intense. It assumes many forms, from the obscure reaction of Ike primitive mind in the crude imagery of animism to rigid dogmas and subtle philosophies. Yet nowhere has the distinction between a multiplicity of forms and the unity of the ultimate essence been so vehemently and continually affirmed as in India.”— “ Times ” (London).

THE READ IRKSOMENESS.

“ Many n man spends hours on a small piece of land from which, after infinite effort, f’e may he fortunate enough to extract a few potatoes or cabbages, and regards the result with joyous pride. lie has produced something from, the earth, and the product is his to do what lie likes with. It is his hobby, which he can pursue at will : his daily work is compulsory, and the hours fixed. It is psychologically true that the fact that one’s livelihood depends upon it has a tendency to make the work monotonous. I f tile enthusiastic allotment-tiller had to grow vegetables all day for a living, the chances are that he would fil’d it as monotonous and irksome as . his present ordinary occupation, ft is not the monotony ol the task that palls and deadens interest so much as the fact that one is compelled to do it lor so many hours per day.”—Mr W. F. Watson, in the “ Cornhill Magivdne.”