Excerpt from The Religious InstinctMoreover it is thrown off rather with the object of securing phonographic fidelity than reasoned discourse. It may serve, however, as a rough example of what will be found on striking through the social atmosphere at any given point. Nor must it be assumed that the phases thus indicated are intended to classify men and women into corresponding groups. As a matter of fact most of these phases are more or less present in every one who is abreast of the times and re¿ects the spirit of the age. What they would seem to demonstrate is that religion represents the fusion-point at which all the elements in our unrest meet and mingle, forming, as it were, a nebula out of which a new religious cosmos is expected by those who have not lost h0pe for the future, nor confidence in the forces out of which it is to arise.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.