The Dawn and the Day - Or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part I

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Dawn and the Day, by Henry Thayer NilesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Dawn and the DayAuthor: Henry Thayer NilesRelease Date: December 15, 2004 [eBook #14360]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DAWN AND THE DAY***E-text prepared by Al HainesTHE DAWN AND THE DAYOr, The Buddha and the Christ, Part IbyHENRY T. NILESThe Blade Printing & Paper CompanyToledo, Ohio1894PREFACE.When Humboldt first ascended the Andes and saw the trees, shrubs and flora he had long before studied on the Alps, hehad only to look at his barometer, or at the sea of mountains and hills below, the rocks and soil around, and the sunabove, to understand this seeming marvel of creation; while those who knew less of the laws of order and universalharmony might be lost in conjectures about pollen floating in the upper air, or seeds carried by birds across seas,forgetting that preservation is perpetual creation, and that it takes no more power to clothe a mountain just risen from thesea in appropriate verdure than to renew the beauty and the bloom of spring.Max Mueller, who looks through antiquity with the same clear vision with which Humboldt examined the ...