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Though the details vary, the story is similar with regard to Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. In its day each of these religions was a tremendous power for progress; now each is but a pale shadow of its former greatness. (25:1) "At present many thinkers sound an insistent note of warning that Western civilization cannot hope to survive without the reanimation of religious values." (Partisan Review) (25:3) "Discord is inveterate in human life because Man is.. at one and the same time a social animal and an animal endowed with free will. The combination of these two elements means that.. there will be perpetual conflict of wills, and this conflict will be carried to suicidal extremity unless Man experiences the miracle of conversion... the unity of Mankind... can be achieved only as an incidental result of acting on a belief in the unity of God and by seeing this unitary terrestrial society as a province of God's Commonwealth..." (Arnold Toynbee- Study of History)
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