"Thou, O wise god, art Lord of all, of heaven and earth!"[52]
We can follow every word of this heartfelt worship with perfect sympathy now.
"Thou, the upholder of order, who knowest the twelve months with the offspring of each"—this is no empty praise. It is the cry of those who feel inexpressibly grateful to their great artist; to him who has put some meaning, some order into the world.
And "Thou who givest men glory, and not half glory"—here is the sincere recognition of a people who have been raised and who not only rejoice in their elevation, but also recognize that it has been a creative act—a gift and a blessing from one who had something to give. For the soul of man is a million times more sensitive to changes in interpretation than the column of mercury is to changes in the atmosphere, and nothing can be more grateful than the soul of man when it is raised, however little, and thereby glorified.
[44] See Max Müller, India. What can it teach us? pp. 154. 155; also pp. 150 and 151.
[45] W. P., Vol. II, pp. 88, 89: "Happiness can be promised only by Being: change and happiness exclude each other. The loftiest desire is thus to be one with Being. That is the formula for the way to happiness."
[46] W. P., Vol. II, p. 313.
[47] W. P., Vol. II, p. 264.
[48] W. P., Vol. II, p. 244.