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Another Important Historical Factor Is The Fact That This Already Very Simple Religion Was Further Simplified And Purified By The Early Philosophers Of Ancient China. Our First Great Philosopher Was A Founder Of Naturalism; And Our Second Great Philosopher Was An Agnostic.

It Is True That The Chinese Are Not So Religious As The Hindus, Or Even As The Japanese; And They Are Certainly Not So Religious As The Christian Missionaries Desire Them To Be.

Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

On The Basis Of Biological, Sociological, And Historical Knowledge, We Should Recognize That The Individual Self Is Subject To Death Or Decay, But The Sum Total Of Individual Achievement, For Better Or Worse, Lives On In The Immortality Of The Larger.

Historically, There Had Been Many Periods Of Chinese Renaissance.