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In the last section of this book I have tried to indicate what it is wise for a man to do when he is confronted by doubts which he cannot resolve. Into the general question whether even a false belief may not, under some circumstances, be more serviceable than no belief at all, I shall not enter.
The findings of modern science have shaken the hold of the sources of mediaeval authority, but they have done little as yet to loosen our inveterate habit of relying on the more insidious authority of current practice and belief.
How you must hate him!" "As I did you." "And do still? Thank you. But I wish you joy. When is it to be?" "I tell you there is absolutely nothing between us. Mr. Purling is, to the best of my belief, engaged already." "Not with his mother's consent, surely? Why, then, has she made so much of you?" "No; not with her consent; indeed, it is quite against her wish. Mrs.
He had never for a moment relied on Romola's passion for him as likely to be too strong for the repulsion created by the discovery of his secret; he had not the presumptuous vanity which might have hindered him from feeling that her love had the same root with her belief in him.
Julian expected, too, that pagans would worship their old gods and yet live the virtuous lives of Christians; and he was disappointed and grieved to find that no works of goodness or mercy sprang from those who followed his belief.
In bringing our review of Modern Pantheism to a close, we may offer a few remarks illustrative of its nature and tendency, whether considered as a system of speculative thought, or as a substitute for religious belief.
In true metaphysics I believe that, contrary to common opinion, unbelief far oftener needs a reason and requires an effort than belief.
The identity of the names of deities worshiped by individuals, of their religious rites and belief; that of the names of the places which they inhabit; the similarity of their customs, of their dresses and manners; the sameness of their scientific attainments and of the characters used by them in expressing their language in writing, lead us naturally to infer that they have had a common origin, or, at least, that their forefathers were intimately connected.
So it is with man, when he gets so deeply in trouble that he cannot see any way out he lays his trouble to God and blames his perfect Principle, when the truth is that the mistake is not with the Principle, but with his own false belief, brought about by his being taught a mistake."
Between Badshah Junction and Kuttarpur there were ten stages, of which the conclusion of the first was at hand Amber having all but abandoned belief in its existence.
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