Nor is this second birth the birthright only of mankind.

All the higher animals probably, possibly even the lower too, have experienced some such realization of individual identity.

However that may be, certainly to all races of men has come this revelation; only the degree in which they have felt its force has differed immensely.

It is one thing to the apathetic, fatalistic Turk, and quite another matter to an energetic, nervous American.

Facts, fancies, faiths, all show how wide is the variance in feelings.