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Show ffom the acceptance of the theory as foet. Thus when Einstein puts forth the notion that even in the physiccd world thin-ss may be relative rother than ex_t, thet idea will temper all branches of human thought, It will have tts effect upon the person, It will have its ef'-:, upon the state, it will hove its effect upon international relCftions, it wUI have its effect upon religion, it will hay,. tts effect upon ethics, it will hove Its effect even wpen o,vr coneept of time. It Is from tMs idee, then, that I bEtse my hope for a better wort,d. The theory thGl all things ore relotiv,e will hove less effect upon the C,hinese world than anr where ebe Def:Q,U$8 -the Chinese hove Q5$Umed the relat've Idea from tne beglnn'ing in roue h of their think ing. They have adweotM the gospe,1 of the mean, and in call their thinking they have never gotten Qut$ide of man 1ft nature. T'he Chin.s. maintained for cent'uri'es the th.ry that tthe voice of the people is the yolce of Heaven'. We had the same td_ in the tate Roman and early Eurcpeun periods of thousht <mel we have it today os a pol itlc.' concept In Ameriea. But in _eh place while the words are similar the thought behind them i.& different. In China 'the voice of the people is the volee of H_ven' actually ond tlterally means that, beeause of it, the voice of the peopte, is the voice of H..ven, for Heaven always Influenced Gn controlled living men. The EuropMn nation Q$iumed that man in .his AGtv're w. elosely allied to God in his nature end that ultimately man woul·d reflect that nature. Our Amerletm thinking is in occordance with the European thought and in addition Q rationalized argument in support of the theory thet the democratic mefh.od Is Heaven', method and that demoerac y can be justifi ed therefore (fS a h..venly princ:i"le. IndIa hos brought the etemol recesses In (I metaphysical sense into aU her system of thinking. Socially and reU giously she has. be.n so intoJercmtand eiG. aonscioU$ thot the relative idGa when appUed to soc iety I to low ond to custom may b$ceme the foundation stepping stone for her out of the social and religious bonds which held her. Caste, of eoun;e, has to be absolute. It cannot be relet five. The temper,ing influence, therefore, of the I,d_ of relativity may break the&e chains grown harsher with come the centurie.s. An Idea is the only thing |
