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Regarding communal dissension in India, he
says :

I am convinced that no mere external
adjustments of differences will be of any use
unless and until 'they are linked/ as a thinker
once observed, 'with some consideration also
of those elements of human nature which link
man with the things that are not seen and
are eternal.' That inner link is the true religious
feeling of benevolence, which we have to
cultivate. It gives rise to morality and leads
to righteousness—the aim and object of reli-
gion and morality. We know how it has been
displaced in this age by so-called political con-
sciousness—which is a feverish craze/'

" The great desire of my heart/' he used
to say, " is to see Christianity and Islam join
hands to inculcate ""practical righteousness —
by purification of the natural feelings of the
human heart. So far as I have studied the
principles underlying them, I feel convinced
that they are essentially the same. Dogmatic
differences—whatever they may be—are not
of the essence of their ethical teaching, and
may therefore be kept apart so as not to act as
obstacles. To preserve the peace of the world
the ' fraternalJ co-operation of these ethical
religions is absolutely necessary. They over-
spread the earth, and if united, will become the
bulwark of the British Empire—which is the