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one the life of the world can follow。 If earthly existence be an evil； then
Buddhism will help us ignore it； but if by an impulse we cannot explain
we instinctively crave activity of mind； then the great gospel of Gautama
touches us not； for to abandon selfegoism； that is； not selfishness is the
true vacuum which nature abhors。 As for Far Orientals； they themselves
furnish proof against themselves。 That impersonality is not man's earthly
goal they unwittingly bear witness； for they are not of those who will
survive。 Artistic attractive people that they are； their civilization is like
their own tree flowers； beautiful blossoms destined never to bear fruit； for
whatever we may conceive the far future of another life to be； the
immediate effect of impersonality cannot but be annihilating。 If these
people continue in their old course； their earthly career is closed。 Just as
surely as morning passes into afternoon； so surely are these races of the
Far East； if unchanged； destined to disappear before the advancing nations
of the West。 Vanish they will off the face of the earth and leave our
planet the eventual possession of the dwellers where the day declines。
Unless their newly imported ideas really take root； it is from this whole
world that Japanese and Koreans； as well as Chinese； will inevitably be
excluded。 Their Nirvana is already being realized； already it has
wrapped Far Eastern Asia in its winding…sheet； the shroud of those whose
day was but a dawn； as if in prophetic keeping with the names they gave
their homes；the Land of the Day's Beginning； and the Land of the
Morning Calm。
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