him; his heart will grow soft, and the first. faint broodings of the divine compassion that shall afterwards absorb his whole being will overshadow and inspire him. He will begin to feel with every living thing in its strivings and sufferings; gradually, as this lesson is learned, his own sorrow and loneliness will be forgotten and will pass away in his great calm love for others.
Here, also, he will begin to perceive and understand the working of the hidden laws that govern the destinies of individuals and of nations. Having risen above the lower region of strife and selfishness within himself, he can now look calmly down upon it in others and in the world. to analyze and comprehend it, and he will see how selfish striving is at the root of all the world’s suffering. His whole attitude toward others and toward the world now undergoes complete change, and compassion. and love take the place of self-seeking and self-protection in his mind; as result of this, the world alters in its
