Men do not seek crisis; they would always run away from it, if they could.

Crisis seeks them; and, whereas the feebler folk are ready to succumb, the bolder spirits face it.

Religion is the facing of the unknown.

It is the courage in it that brings comfort.[6] [Footnote 6: The courage involved in all live religion normally coexists with a certain modesty or humility.

I have tried to work out this point elsewhere in a short study entitled _The Birth of Humility_.] We must go on, however, to consider religion sociologically.