That only separates us. But we strive that
mankind may, by common consent, lead a better life, that the strong may
sacrifice for the weak, the lofty for the lowly, and the world be ruled
by brotherliness, seeking the greatest equality possible."
The Slav reviewed the history of human aspirations. Greek thought had
brought comfort, a sense of well-being on the earth--but only for the
few, for the citizens of the little democracies, for the free men,
leaving the slaves and barbarians who constituted the majority, in their
misery. Christianity, the religion of the lowly, had recognized the
right of happiness for all mankind, but this happiness was placed in
heaven, far from this world, this "vale of tears." The Revolution
and its heirs, the Socialists, were trying to place happiness in the
immediate realities of earth, like the ancients, but making all humanity
participants in it like the Christians.
"Where is the 'Christianity of modern Germany? . . . There is far more
genuine Christian spirit in the fraternal laity of the French Republic,
defender of the weak, than in the religiosity of the conservative
Junkers. Germany has made a god in her own image, believing that she
adores it, but in reality adoring her own image. The German God is a
reflex of the German State which considers war as the first activity of
a nation and the noblest of occupations.
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