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The First Function Of A Book Review Should Be, I Believe, To Give Some Idea Of The Contents And Character Of The Book.

Thirdly, Even If We Assume That The World Is Governed By Purpose, We Need Only Add That This Purpose - Or, If There Are Several, At Least One Of Them - Is Not Especially Intent On Preventing Suffering, Whether It Is Indifferent To Suffering Or Actually Rejoices In It.

Here An Attempt Is Made To Explain Suffering: The Outcaste Of Traditional Hinduism Is Held To Deserve His Fetched Fate; It Is A Punishment For The Wrongs He Did In A Previous Life.

To Try To Fashion Something From Suffering, To Relish Our Triumphs, And To Endure Defeats Without Resentment: All That Is Compatible With The Faith Of A Heretic.

The Great Artist Is The Man Who Most Obviously Succeeds In Turning His Pains To Advantage, In Letting Suffering Deepen His Understanding And Sensibility, In Growing Through His Pains.