THE LAW OF REBIRTH 33

we speak of <( Love at first sight" as if that
were possible, unless a recognition of soul were
not the foundation for it. Again how often we
recognise a picture of a place that in this life
we have not visited, and we feel at home in a
strange country and even find our way about
in a strange city. We cannot quite sweep
aside these facts which are almost everyday
occurrences, neither can we put forward any
other working explanation.

I have just put these few considerations before
you for you to think over. Reincarnation seems
to be a necessity. There is no other way. Can
you suggest a better one?

The savage of to-day is the saint of the future ;

all tread a similar road; all are destined to
ultimate human perfection Pain follows on
mistakes and is ever remedial; strength is deve-
loped by struggle ; we reap, after every sowing,
the inevitable result; happiness growing out of
the right, sorrow out of the wrong.