162 SKETCHES OF GREAT TEUTHS

it had the whole truth and that the whole had
been revealed to it and to it alone, some reli-
gions have even claimed this; to a certain
extent many individuals think the same, but it
cannot be so in our state of evolution. We see
but one glint of the whole and think we have
it all; we are not able to grasp the whole, the
moment we can we shall be as " Gods knowing
good and evil". This takes nothing away from
any religion but broadens all, makes of each a
completion and part of the others and gives a
wider vision and should bring tolerance and
brotherhood. In the study of the Divine Wis-
dom, therefore, we find that each religion has
its appointed place in the evolution of the
world, none better than another and in a sense
none can be compared.

You do not compare the different flowers
that spring up in the hay field, each giving
its scent, its radiance or its colour to the
whole field; you cannot change the one for
the other or put one in another's place. Carry
this thought further and you will see that
it bears very much on everyday life ; with each
one of us it is the same, for each is part of a
great machinery and no part can do the appoint-
ed work of another nor take his place. You
cannot change parts in hand-made machinery