THEIR NARROW MEDIEVAL LIMITATIONS, THEY HAD TO HAVE

 

MORE ROOM FOR THEIR WANDERINGS. THE EUROPEAN WORLD

 

HAD GROWN TOO SMALL FOR THEIR AMBITIONS. IT WAS THE

 

TIME OF THE GREAT VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY

 

42. CONCERNING BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS

 

43. THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN RACE IS BEST COMPARED TO A

 

GIGANTIC PENDULUM WHICH FOREVER SWINGS FORWARD AND

 

BACKWARD. THE RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE AND THE ARTISTIC

 

AND LITERARY ENTHUSIASM OF THE RENAISSANCE WERE FOLLOWED

 

BY THE ARTISTIC AND LITERARY INDIFFERENCE AND THE

 

RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM OF THE REFORMATION

 

44. THE AGE OF THE GREAT RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES