If such were the End-all, Prophets, Seers, and Messengers of God would have lent their hand to Science rather than have given it to Belief.

Surely they would have quickened your brains sooner than have touched your hearts! But no; one and all they came to lead the nations back to God; they proclaimed the sacred Path in simple words that showed the way to heaven; all were wrapped in love and faith, all were inspired by that _word_ which hovers above the inhabitants of earth, enfolding them, inspiriting them, uplifting them; none were prompted by any human interest.

Your great geniuses, your poets, your kings, your learned men are engulfed with their cities; while the names of these good pastors of humanity, ever blessed, have survived all cataclysms.
"Alas! we cannot understand each other on any point.

We are separated by an abyss.

You are on the side of darkness, while I--I live in the light, the true Light! Is this the word that you ask of me?
I say it with joy; it may change you.