the history of all eras and races teaches us only all too impressively that the candid faith which noth- ing can confuse, such as that which religion in- stills in its followers who are busy in active life, is the very fountainhead of the mightiest incen- Lives to significant creative achievements, in the field of politics no less than in the realms of art and science. ‘This candid faith—and let us not delude our- selves about this—no longer exists today, even among the great masses of the nation, nor can it be revived any longer by considerations and meas- tures oriented toward the past. For “to believe” means “to recognize as a truth," and the knowl- ‘edge of nature, continually advancing on incon- testably safe tracks, has made it utterly impossible for a person possessing some training in natural science to recognize as founded on truth the many reports of extraordinary occurrences contradict- ing the laws of nature, of miracles which are still ‘commonly regarded as essential supports and con- firmations of réligious doctrines, and which for- merly used to be accepted as facts pure and simple, without doubt or criticism, ‘Therefore, he who is in earnest about his faith