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Page 1 of 11916 · PDF PAGE 16
…as become subconscious. It is as if Mr. Stuart possessed instinctively that supreme method described by the Chinese under the title The Way of the Tao. Consciousness is a symptom of disease. All that moves well moves without will. All skillfulness, all strain, all intention is contrary to ease. Unless this method is actually seen in operation, it is almost incomprehensible. Yet it is the only key to true and perfect success. The Chinese express it in another way. They say: Do everything by doing nothing. The only way in which we can bring…
1916 · PDF PAGE 8
…t her; but she has never been conquered and never can be conquered, because the Anglo-Saxon can never get her point of view. In the same way India has overcome every one of her invaders in turn, though she has never been able to resist even the least of them successfully by arms. The English in India have become, within two generations, more Indian than the Indians themselves, in many important respects, particularly in that of caste. In the case of South Africa it is once again evident how far more vital than material considerations are the sp…
1916 · PDF PAGE 12
…e a variety of heaven. The result was of course a total misunderstanding of Buddhism. It was seen that the context did not square in any way with these conceptions, and the missionaries thereupon had the impudence to assume that the Buddhist was being illogical and self- contradictory. It is really necessary to hear Mr. Stuart rather than read him. When he speaks he is transfigured
1916 · PDF PAGE 4
… big man, a really big man, six foot three in height, broad and well- proportioned. The entire impression is of bigness. And as should always be the case with homo sapiens, the most important part of the impression is given by the head. Such a brow is only seen in the worlds greatest thinkers. Mr. Stuart was born in 1864 in Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, John Stuart, was a Captain of the 51st and Lieutenant Colonel of the 63rd New York Volunteers. His is the perfect and ideal type, fast disappearing, of the aristocratic American. Mr. Stuart was ed…
1916 · PDF PAGE 3
…omes useless at such times for the very reason that he is an expert. Temporary expedients will not serve. As a matter of fact, this is always more or less subconsciously recognized by the good sense of the people. The hopes which were excited by the election of Mr. Wilson to the presidency were based entirely on the fact that he was not a professional politician. In the same way, in England, to take a recent example, Edward VII was trusted and respected by the people principally because he had won the Derby. The instinct of democracy is always …
1916 · PDF PAGE 7
…ditions of the moment. But, even there, the best epithet that can be applied in praise of such a man is that he is far- sighted; and the way to be far-seeing is to refuse to be obsessed by the expediencies of the hour. And while it is of course impossible to make every particular conform to the general, it can at least be arranged that it should not be in flagrant contradiction to the first principles. As a concrete example, the annexation of conquered countries. Economic or military reasons have often been allowed to over-ride considerations o…
1916 · PDF PAGE 6
…d argue with him til all was blue, but you would never even begin to persuade him. He would know it was all nonsense, just in the same way as you cannot fool a dog about a tramp. It is true that this instinct is sometimes wrong after all in certain minor matters, because now and then conditions do change. But in all fundamental points humanity has not altered since the cave man. A friend of mine was arguing the other day about this very matter. Nowadays, said his opponent, if you want a girl, you cannot twist your knuckles in her hair, Clu…