[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibanez]@TWC D-Link bookThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse CHAPTER V 49/99
That only separates us.
But we strive that mankind may, by common consent, lead a better life, that the strong may sacrifice for the weak, the lofty for the lowly, and the world be ruled by brotherliness, seeking the greatest equality possible." The Slav reviewed the history of human aspirations.
Greek thought had brought comfort, a sense of well-being on the earth--but only for the few, for the citizens of the little democracies, for the free men, leaving the slaves and barbarians who constituted the majority, in their misery.
Christianity, the religion of the lowly, had recognized the right of happiness for all mankind, but this happiness was placed in heaven, far from this world, this "vale of tears." The Revolution and its heirs, the Socialists, were trying to place happiness in the immediate realities of earth, like the ancients, but making all humanity participants in it like the Christians. "Where is the 'Christianity of modern Germany? .
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