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all its members, while it may give them a sense of freedom from want and restraint in matters particularly physical and social, it cannot compel men to be good except on pain of punishment. It can instil fear and by this threat many members are likely to be restrained from doing unsocial activities. There is however a great danger in this development. Force hinders rather than helps self- growth. A state taking over the functions of the spiritual evolution may defeat it. Instead of being a hindrance to hindrances it may tend to become a great hindrance. Religion is helpful positively and not merely negatively. It makes for a change of heart. Men of religion are sought after for the solution of personal problems, which are not capable of being attended to by psychiatrists and doctors of medicine. Human problems go beyond the temporary social and personal life. Peace is sought after and spiritual men who have found peace within and comprehended the truths of both the here and the hereafter help to secure peace within. Man is more than a social and physiological creature. His problems of death and life baffle the intellect and no state or its organisations can help to solve these problems. Religion alone promises to solve them and it does it in its own unique way. These problems are not social problems except indirectly. The State must know its limitations in this direction. Any state that attempts to dismiss the connection of these fundamental problems which harass the souls
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