BROTHEEHOOD 77

Of a very different kind is the struggle after
one language, and Esperantists are doing good
work in aiming at this, for what does it matter
whether Esperanto be adopted as a world
language or that another language eventually
take that place, the idea of one language is
being spread, and that is a big ideal for joining
up the peoples of the world.

" Behind the spirit of democracy is brother-
hood." The struggles in every country after
democracy, socialism, communism, are all
struggles towards brotherhood which are
prompted consciously or unconsciously by the
pressing forward everywhere of the belief in
the Fatherhood of God. The results, I know,
would almost prove that statement wrong, but
that is a delusion, so it seems to me, for every
effort after something great must be impelled
by a bigger force from within, and the greater
the effort, the higher the aim, often appears the
greater the disaster or apparent failure. Failure
there is none except the ceasing to try.

We observe efforts to unite religions, con-
ferences to bring together people of different
sects and religions, feeble often, and full of fear
they meet, discuss superficial things, fear to
plunge into the essentials, but still they meet.
They struggle after unity, and that shows effort,