ANCIENT IDEALS

The present work is an attempt to treat human development from the standpoint of the different races, as these ideals disclose themselves inthe art and literature, in the philosophy and religion, and in the conduct and political fortunes of each race. It has been my endeavor to preserve a unity of plan in setting forth the part taken by each race in the human drama. I have sought to make clear the nature of the contribution made by each to the stages of human growth reached before the Christian era; and to indicate inwhat respects these contributions become permanent elements of humanity and thus elements of its further possibilities, — possibilities that find in Christianity perfect conditions for their final realization..