"The Song of the Lord" is a translation of the reply of Krithn lcharioteer to Arjuna, to the anxious questions of his master, perplexed as to his moral duty when about to Jengage in hatti This poetic reply epitomizes the Brahmin philosophy land religion: the highest virtue forgetfulness of self both in a physical and mental sense. Self discipline will in time permit the fof the world and yet remain un-disciple to engage in the actions lied because he will renounce the fruits of his actions. "To. those who are detached from desire and anger, who practise restraint, and who know the self, the Nirvana of Brahma is near.
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it seems. at least ae One is reminded, by the of the Psalms and Proverbs: it has some ety of the beauty of the former in its raises. and the austerity of the aad hatter i its moral teaching: everywhere it is enriched with the beauty of metaphor but the style. as that of the Proverbs, is a little monotonous.
This little book will prove interesting to any student, however learned or humble, of philosophy ud. religi ethics: that in service alone there is true freedom, in selflessness trae piety. An excellent The lure of the monotone one iis and other books on murder, the to every human being.
tone crime which the normal human being' cannot pardon, explain or derstand thor fu a fore word to the ume. Tt will bbe gathered that the work is not a [study in criminology nor anything more than a. collection of rather Well told murder stories, written Perhaps with greater care than they would be handled by the daily papers at the time of their oceursence, ud. containing Information would not be contemporaneous available to the crime reporters, The book "does little more. than satisfy" the. monstrous appeal. "to Jevery human being." Except, how-fever that none of the cases quoted very few. more "the rest of the a title might, very well stand. The frontispiece is the picture of the electrocution of 'Ruth Snyder, said "to have been taken by a reporter sith a miniature camera strapped to his ankle beneath his trouser leg, and fortunately" vague enough to' convey no. particular shock to readers of the volume save that' of another' resentment. that Such an indecency should ever have been perpetrated. As sensation the work is poor and as a contribution to the study of crime ite value
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